Sweet Revenge

I am the power... I am your power.

No... I'm dead. You can't control me.

You are not dead, I know that.

Then where am I? Where are my friends? What... has happened to my world?

You saved them all, but your body is too drained to live much longer.

I'm... really dead? Oh no... but I'm only fourteen. I have so much I haven't done yet.

That will have to wait. You have a new destiny now. The reason Queen Serenity wasn't frozen like the rest of the Earth is because she wasn't there.

Not there... but where will I go? The entire planet was frozen. That means I was too... doesn't it?

Your no longer needed in your world. I will take you somewhere where you are needed. Only there, will you survive long enough to fulfill the rest of your destiny.

But Darien, and Rini, and everyone else... can't I at least say good-bye? I don't know how long it will be until I see them again.

You have a week. Then I will return.

A week... that's not that long. Are you sure I'm the one you want? I mean, why me? Any of the other scouts would be perfect in my position.

Only you. One. Week, Sailor Moon, one.

One week... one week...

"Serena, please, don't leave me." Her blue eyes opened slowly. Darien, looking as battered as the rest of the scouts, suddenly smiled happily. "You're alive." She nodded, then saw Rini, unconscious in Raye's arms.

"Oh, Rini!" she exclaimed, all thoughts of her dream escaping her. She bent over the small child and breathed in relief when her eyes opened. "Oh, thank goodness, Rini. You scared us."

"I want pancakes," said Rini slowly. They all laughed. It felt so good to laugh. After all they had been through together... the pain, the sorrow, it had all come to this one, happy moment. The Doom Phantom was gone, thanks to the power of the silver crystals. Now Rini could go home and see her mom and her dad.

"We'll all miss you," said Mina. A day had passed. They were all the dock, sending Rini off, back home to the future. All of the scouts had said their good byes, and Darien too, but Serena couldn't bring herself to do it.

"Say good bye, Serena," said Raye firmly. Rini faced her, tears glimmering unchecked in her eyes.

"Well, I guess I have to say it, don't I?" asked Serena, her laugh not quite hiding the pain in her voice. She sank to her knees and hugged Rini, crying.

"Good-bye... mommy," said Rini. She ran to the edge of the dock. "Magic Crystal Key! Take me home!" The key glowed and in a flash, Rini was gone. A dark feeling came over Serena. She was losing everything. Her daughter, her boyfriend, her friends, her entire life was falling apart.

"There she goes," she whispered painfully. Darien put his arms around her shoulders.

"But not for long."

* * * * * * * * * * *

Five days later

knock knock Darien got up from the table and opened the door. Serena's eyes looked up into his, hurtful. He noticed she didn't have the silver crystal on her clothing. Instead, she was clutching it like it was the last bit of hope she had for anything.

"I've come... to say good-bye," she said slowly, letting the rehearsed words flow off her tongue.

"What? Good-bye? But where are you going?"

"I don't know," she replied, concentrating on the floor. "But I've got to go."

"Serena, you're not making any sense." He took her free hand. It was shaking and she almost pulled it out. Emotions flooded her mind and the Silver Crystal began to glow. The light was so soft, they didn't see it at first. Then it began to spread around Serena. She knew what it meant at once.

"No!" she shouted, taking her hand back. "It's too early. You said a week! I haven't said good bye to the scouts, or my family." A hushed voice filled the room.

It is time when I say it is. Things have changed. You are needed.

"No! I can't go yet!" She was completly surrounded by the glow now. Darien only understood she was going and he didn't know where. He hand shot out, but it only caught air. Silence filled his aparment. Then sobs, his own, broke in and he fell into the nearest chair, unable to contain his grief.

Chapter 1(Rowen)

"Arrow Shock Wave!" The power condensed in my arrow and I let go of the bowstring. It ripped through an entire line of the soldiers and the black smoke we were all so used to filled the air. Mia sighed with relief as I helped her to her feet.

"Thanks Rowen," she said. "I only came out to get the mail and then they came out of nowhere."

"The Dynasty must be bored," I commented, sending my armor away.

"Maybe." A bright light filled the air. I instinctively put my arms up to protect myself and Mia, but there was no need. I heard a scream.

"No! Not yet! Please!" The light ended and I heard sobbing. "Darien, no. My friends..." There was the sound of metal clattering on the ground. "How can you do this to me?! How?! After all I just went through, you pull this... this... shit!" hollered the girl at her locket. Me and Mia exchanged a glance. "If you weren't the damn Silver Crystal..." She lifted her head and glared at them. Then her features softened. "I'm sorry. I shouldn't have said what I said."

"I'm... Rowen Hashiba," I said slowly. "This is Mia Koji."

"I'm Serena," she replied, picking up the locket. Remarkably, it wasn't scratched or dented. "I don't know why I'm here, but the sooner I find out, the sooner I can get back."

"Back to where?" asked Mia.

"My home. Where that is in relation to here, I have no idea either. This is so messed up, it's not funny." Then she gave a small, choked laugh. "Then again, irony is always funny."

"Won't... you come in?" asked Mia hesitantly. "I could make some tea and I'm sure the others will want to meet you."

"Yeah, usually people who fall out of the sky are worth meeting," I muttered. Mia elbowed me in the ribs and started towards the house. Serena shot me a look and followed. I was confused, but I still went after them. Something was missing. Usually, girls don't fall out of the sky. Maybe it was just me, but that seemed kind of weird. And then she was shouting at her locket. Not a lot of [sane] people I knew did that. Who was this girl? And where had she come from?

Ryo glanced up from the game he was playing with Yuli, then looked at confused as I felt when he saw Serena. She introduced herself quietly and made no attempt to move from the door. Sage raised an eyebrow, but didn't say anything.

"So, Serena," said Cye. "Where are you from?" She closed her eyes, like she was trying to decide something. Then, with a small groan, she passed out. Serena collapsed against the back of the chair and her locket clattered to the floor then slid underneath the couch. I barely managed to catch her before she could fall any further. I laid her on the couch and she groaned again.

"Darien... sorry... always... love... you..." Her voice trailed off and she bolted up with a shout. "Oh god! No!" She glanced around the room, a wild look in her eyes. "I won't do it, damn you," she murmured. "I can't."

"Can't do what?" asked Ryo gently. She shook her head firmly.

"I won't do it, that's all you have to know," she said. "They can't make me do anything."

"Who are they?"

"The Dynasty."

Chapter 2(Serena)

They either thought I was completly insane or... I don't know what they thought. After I said the word 'Dynasty' they looked at each other like had I started swearing again. Don't ask how I knew about the Dynasty, but one minute, I'm about to answer Cue's question, and the next, I'm sort of... nowhere. There was a great big thing, like a man, only.. he wasn't. And he wanted me to use the Silver Crystal to destroy the Ronin Warriors, whoever they were. I didn't even know what I was there in the first place, but I didn't like the feeling I got from that guy. I wasn't going to use the Silver Crystal to destroy anyone, unless they were evil and I had no idea who the Ronins were, much less if they were evil of not.

"Who are you?" asked Sage. "Really?"

"Really? I've been so many different people, but right now, I'm Serena." They didn't look convinced. "What do you need? My school ID?" I reached into my pocket and handed to Ryo. "I don't have anything else except... my locket! Where is my locket?!"

"It went under the couch-" I bent down and searched for it. I couldn't lose that. My whole way home was part of that locket, not to mention the fate of the world. My fingers closed around it and let out a breath.

"Oh, thank goodness," I sighed, putting back on the bow of my school uniform.

"This says her names Serena, but it also says she from Tokyo," said Ryo. "Rowen, you said she fell from the sky. Unless it was from a plane, that makes no sense. Tokyo isn't that far away-"

"It isn't?" I asked. "But why in the... oh, never mind." I was lost. Why was here if home was really close? Why had the crystal made a big show out of brining me here? Even if... uh-oh.

If you're here, answer me. Where the heck am I?

You are in Toyama Japan. In another dimension.

Another dimension?! Are you insane? Why have you brought me here? Why can't I be with my friends?

You are here to fulfill your destiny. Now stop whining. I realized Ryo was trying to give me back my ID. I took it from him and got to my feet.

"I know this sounds like I'm off in my head but-"

"No," said Rowen. "Yelling at your locket is crazy, but the Dynasty is real."

"I wish I knew what was going on," I said, burying my face in my hands. "I shouldn't have agreed to do this... all my family all my friends... I don't know when I'll ever see them again."

"If you live in Tokyo, that's just a little bit a away. We can take right now if you wa-"

"No!" I said quickly. "You don't understand! The Tokyo I know isn't the same as the Tokyo you know. They're not even in the same dimension!"

"What?" asked Ryo.

"You heard me," I said. "I'm not even from this dimension. I don't know how I got here, or why I'm here, but someone wants me to destroy the Ronin Warriors. I won't, do you hear me? Until I know they fight against me, I won't do it." I turned and ran from the house. I was so confused and dazed. Why was I here? Who wanted me to kill? Who, or what, were the Ronin Warriors? Why me? I was a wimp. I couldn't do anything without the scouts or Darien. I couldn't have beaten Beryl, or Ann and Alan, or the Negamoon on my own. I was a hopeless case. I'd had help all my life from my friends and now they weren't here and I was on my own against an enemy I hadn't even met yet.

What have you gotten me into? I thought bitterly. I won't survive this. Why do you want me dead?

I am only here to help you fulfill your destiny. Beyond that, I am just a crystal.

Then tell me: Why. Am. I. Here?

That, Serena, is the one thing I cannot tell you. Even I donot know that.

Rrgghh! I've given up everything to complete a mission I don't even know! This isn't right! I just want to go home!

Then you will have to do what you have been sent to do.

Didn't you hear me?! I don't know what that is! I pushed a branch away from my face and saw the lights of a city in the darkness. Was it really almost dark? Maybe I could find a place to stay in the city... I couldn't go back to Mia's house. I barely trusted myself. How could I trust six complete strangers?

It was a welcome feeling to be surrounded by buildings, and people, and cars, and noise. Everything I had grown up knowing. I headed straight for a restaurant and after some time, I managed to find one. It was a little quieter inside and I ordered a soda. At least those were here. And the few dollars I had in my pocket covered it too.

I glanced out the window and saw Rowen pass by. Maybe they were looking for me. I didn't really care. They could search all night and I would still avoid them. Until I figured out what was going on, I'd have to.

I looked around the rest of the cafe. There was girl with brown sitting by the door talking with a another guy. They both looked like Leta and Andrew, but I fought the urge to go and talk with them. Whoever they were, they definitely weren't Andrew and Leta. I sighed in frustration. My friends weren't here. How was I going to win without them? For that matter, what did I have to fight to win?

My answer came in to oddest form possible.

The last of my soda slid around in the glass as I thought about my situation. There wasn't a whole lot I could do. It was obvious I wasn't going home until I did what I had come to do, whatever that was. If only I had Raye, or Ami, or Mina, or the real Leta. They were all much better at figuring things out then I wa-

"AHHHHHH!" There was the sound of breaking glass and a couple of armored things burst into the cafe from the street. I jumped to my feet as they started attacking the people in the restaurant. It was like nothing I had ever seen, but I was, after all, Sailor Moon. So I ducked behind a over turned table.

"Moon Crystal Power!" I hissed quickly. "And hurry up! They need help!" The power of the silver crystal flowed through and my clothes gave way to my sailor outfit. It felt good to be Sailor Moon again, even with everything. "Hey!" I shouted standing up. They stopped their destruction.

"That's her," said one of them. "She's the one Lord Talpa wants." They all nodded and moved towards me. "Give in, Sailor Moon. Master Talpa can be very rewarding to his subjects." I shook head.

"No way, guys. I don't fight for evil," I answered. "But if it's me your after, then come and get me." I leaped out the broken window and into the street. They came after me, but by then I was half a building up. If they wanted me, they could try and catch me.

I landed gently on the roof and pulled out my scepter, ready to dust the creeps. They surrounded me, weapons raised. I concentrated my power into my own weapon.

"Moon... Scepter... Activation!" They disintegrated into piles of dust, but there was no Nega-crystal this time. Maybe they weren't from the Negaverse. No, that was too much to hope for.

I heard the clatter of armor behind me and turned quickly. Another armored person flipped the first kind over with his yari, then shot a smile at me.

"I don't know who you are," he said. "But any enemy of the Dynasty is a friend of ours." His voice... why couldn't I place it? It was familiar. Then it hit me.

"Cye?" I asked. He nodded.

"That's my name. What's yours?"

"Right now," I said, smiling. "It's Sailor Moon." He blinked in confusion.

"No way. You can't be... Serena?"

"Occasionally." I felt a hand touch my shoulder. Instinct kicked in and I flipped him over my shoulder. There was an audible groan and Cye burst out laughing. "Oh no!" I gasped. "I'm sorry. I thought... you were... one of them... Ryo.. holy... I don't believe this. Are you all like this?"

"We don't usually get the crap knocked out of us by girls, but yeah." I whirled around and faced none other then Rowen. I was having a moment like nothing ever before. He had a dark blue armor, while Ryo and Cye had red and blue. And behind Rowen, I saw Sage and Kento in green and orange.

"I don't believe this," I muttered. "I seriously don't believe this."

"Who are you?" asked Rowen.

"Princess Serena of the Moon Kingdom, Serena, Meatball head, Sailor Moon, and Queen Serenity," I said, ticking them off on my fingers. "And there's probably a few I'm missing too. Now, who are you guys?"

"We're the Ronin Warriors," answered Sage. "You ran out so fast, we didn't have time to tell you." I fought off the growing urge to kick him in his head. He was so calm. I felt like a raging stream of emotions. They weren't evil. That was good. But why had that guy wanted them destroyed? And who was Talpa? Oh, I was so confused.

"We all are." I hadn't realized I had said my thoughts out loud.

"Ryo, Rowen, Kento, Cye, Sage, no matter what," I said firmly. "I won't destroy. Whoever, or whatever, that guy was, he can't make me destroy you."

"Master Talpa can do anything he wants." I turned my head and saw...

Myself.

Chapter 3(Ryo)

I was guessing Serena/ Sailor Moon didn't want to kill us, but she was still trying to figure out who she was. And the Dynasty was trying to use her against us, and she didn't even know us yet. But for a girl, she was strong. I had enough evidence for that.

"Master Talpa can do anything he wants." We all looked in the direction of the voice. Cold blue eyes stared back at us, angry. In short, it was Serena, only their outfits were different. The newcomer had blood red and navy where Serena's was light blue and regular red. Serena gasped and took a step backwards.

"But how?" she said. "You're me!"

"I'm your double, half wit," said the other girl. "You crossed dimensions, remember? That means, you and I are the same person. As far as looks go. If I was the same as you, we'd have problems." Serena growled.

"What's that supposed to mean?"

"That you're a ditzy meatball head and I have no idea why Master Talpa is even bothering with you." Then she grinned wickedly. "Oh yeah. He wants the Silver Crystal. Now give it to me, and you can just toddle back on home to your boyfriend and the other senshi."

"Give you the crystal? Never." Serena braced herself and prepared to attack. A scepter appeared in her hand. "I don't care if you are me. Anyone who attacks innocent lives is dusted, sister."

"First of all, you should know my name. It's Nimae. Secondly, you have no idea the power you face. I control the Dark Crystal of the Negaverse and the Dynasty. Nothing has ever stopped me. When Master Talpa asked me to join his ranks, I did without a thought. There's so much the Dynasty can give you, Serena. This world doesn't stand a chance. Save yourself and join us." Serena glared at Nimae.

"Fight for the Negaverse? Not in this world, and not in mine either. Moon Scepter Activ-!"

"Dark Crystal Hail!" Before Serena could attack, she was thrown backwards into the radiator. She groaned, but refused to stay down.

"All... my life... I've fought you Negascum. I fought it a thousand years ago, I fight it in the future, and I fight it now. I will not ever give into your kind, Nimae, whether you like it or not." The locket glowed and a crystal pulled away from it. Serena let it float above her hand with warm smile.

"You will die if you use the crystal," said Nimae coolly. "You haven't healed yet from the last battle with the Doom Phantom."

"My death means nothing unless I go down fighting trash like you," she said gently. I unsheathed my katanas and stood next to her. She looked at me and I grinned.

"If the Dynasty's involved so are we," I said to her.

"All of you?"

"All of us," agreed Rowen. She closed her eyes and opened them again.

"I can't ask you to do this. You might be killed. Or worse. Who knows what the Dark Crystal is capable of."

"There are a lot of 'what-ifs' when you fight evil," said Sage carefully.

"That... was really deep Sage," said Serena with a laugh. "You sound like Ami."

"Ami? Who's that?" She giggled.

"A friend of mine back home. Maybe you'll get to meet her some day."

"Dark Crystal Hail!" The power surrounded us, but never touched us. Serena put all she had into the crystal and it formed a sort of shield around all of us.

"Come on," I said to my friends. "Let's help her. Flare Up-"

"Super Wave-"

"ThunderBolt-"

"Iron Rock-"

"Arrow Shock-"

"NOW!"

"SMASHER!"

"CUT!"

"CRUSHER!"

"WAVE!" All of the energy combined into one single power, but somehow, Nimae managed to dodge it. She glared at all of us, Serena especially. The entire attack skimmed the rooftops and crashed into a mountain at the edge of town. "That can't be good," said Rowen."

"It's a rockslide!" shouted Serena. "You guys, we have to stop it before it reaches the city!"

"Let's go," I said. "Serena, we can handle this. Will you be okay?"

"Against Nimae? No prob," she said. "Now hurry. Before some gets hurt." She turned to Nimae and glared. "I'll teach you to use the Silver Crystal for evil."

Chapter 4(Serena)

I moaned and pushed myself off the ground. What had happened? I remembered the Ronins leaving to stop the landslide, and then, everything was sort of a blur. Had I beaten Nimae? Or had she beaten me?

"She's waking up." Names floated through my head. Sage. Ryo. Kento. Cye. Rowen. The Ronin Warriors. One of them, I still wasn't sure, had spoken. "Are you alright?"

"Does being run over by a truck count as alright?" I asked groggily. "Oh man, what happened?"

"I think it was a draw," said Sage. I opened my eyes and saw the roof in a total state of destruction. Scorch and burn marks were everywhere, some darker then others. Had I actually done this? No way.

"Did you stop the rock slide?" I stood up and almost lost my balance. The wall came up quickly enough for me to lean on it. "Ouch."

"We slowed it down. They had enough time to clear the area," said Kento. "Man. Looks like we missed a major fight."

"Major slaughter," I corrected. "I don't remember a single thing that happened, but we both beat the other one pretty badly." My crystal glowed and the pain in my head cleared away. I felt a lot better and I managed to stand on my own. "I'm sorry I didn't tell you guys about... being Sailor Moon, but I swear, I didn't know about Nimae."

"Neither did any of us," admitted Cye. "She's a new enemy for all of us apparently." I almost laughed.

"I didn't know you had old enemies."

"The Dynasty has a lot of people to look out for. Talpa, Kale, Dais, Sekhmet, Kayura," said Ryo. "And the soldiers, of course."

"The soldiers?" I wondered. "Those things that attacked the restaurant? And I thought Negamonsters were bad."

"What? Nega what?"

"Monsters, Ryo," I said. "I don't have the Dynasty in my world. I have the Negaverse. They want to take over the Earth, but most of the time, they need human energy to do it. That's where my friends and I would come in and fight." A sudden thought struck me. I had just done a bunch of fighting and I hadn't been the least bit afraid. Maybe this world had done something to my brain. "This is definitely a trip," I said, smiling.

"Who was that Doom Phantom Nimae talked about?" said Rowen as their armors faded away. I let the silver crystal's power flow out of me and my clothes came back. My skirt was a little ripped from the glass in the restaurant, but otherwise, it was okay.

"The Doom Phantom is- was, the worst enemy we ever had to face. He destroyed an entire race before we had our last fight. We almost didn't win too." My thoughts rushed back to that last battle and Darien and my friends. Despite myself, I started sobbing. They were all back in my world, where I should be. I still had no precise idea why I had even left, or even why I was here, but I wasn't going to let Nimae get away with dragging me to this point in my life. Until I had done what I had to do, it... was...

war.

THE END