Undying Love
"Death can't stall true love, it can only delay it for awhile" -the Princess Bride
********************************************************************* AN: I have had this idea in my mind for the longest time. I hope you enjoy. Please read and review.
I do not own Sailor Moon, I am just borrowing the characters to create this story. *********************************************************************
Prologue:
The moon was shining brightly above the city of Tokyo as people slept peacefully in their beds. However not everyone was asleep.
Outside of the Tsukino residence, no one saw a shadowy figure climb a tree that grew tall beside the house and branched out towards the heavens. The figure went from branch to branch effortlessly until the darkened shadow came to the branch that had grown only inches from a darkened window.
The figure glanced into the darkened chamber and saw glimpses of stuffed toys and figurines that glowed from the cascading moonlight that filtered through the window. The shadow turned its head until it came to a bed that a golden haired figure occupied, asleep. The figure caught a glimpse of something black sprawled upon the coverlets of the bed, indicating a feline of some sort.
Instinctively the figure knew who it was.
Sighing, it knew it couldn't be helped. The figure knew it was already very late and no more time could be spared. This was the only way.
Taking a deep breath, the figure waited within the depths of the shadows outside.
Serena within the depths of her slumber woke up in a flash from a petrifying scream. Opening her eyes, she sat up in bed looking around her moonlit filled room. Shadows danced and played tricks to the unsuspecting eye but nothing was out of miss, as she slowly crawled out of bed and looked out her window.
She looked up at the moon and it gave her a sense of peace and knew it must have been a dream that she had been having that woke her up. Everything seemed, as it should be. Looking down at Luna, she smiled. Her feline friend was lying peaceful with not a care in the world as she lay in slumber.
Yawning, she slowly sank back in bed, and would have fallen back to sleep when another heart curdling scream brought her back to the waking world. This time, Luna's head wrenched up from her make shift pillow, as her ears perked forward, listening.
"Serena what was that?" Luna whispered.
However Serena didn't hear her as the Soldier of Justice's instincts took control and grabbing her broach, she cried out.
"Moon Cosmic Eternal Power!"
Silver energy surrounded Serena as it had many times before, turning her into the heroine Eternal Sailor Moon.
When she had transformed, she quietly brought her finger to her lips to keep Luna from speaking as she closed her eyes and used her concentration to discover what was happening. A loud crash exploded from downstairs, bringing Sailor Moon out of her trance in shock.
A dark aura emanated from below her. Oh no! Mom! Dad! Sammy! Within half a heartbeat she pulled out her communicator and pushed the emergency button.
The others would know that something was wrong and would immediately follow the signal to its source. It had been a design that Amy had thought up so in case a one on one communication couldn't take place.
Leaving her communicator on the bed, Sailor Moon rushed through her door and bolted downstairs. Suddenly a cloud of smoke filled her sense of smell and choked from the suddenness of the impact.
Her eyes became misty and soon found that she could hardly see. She took a step forward and felt nothing below her as she suddenly fell and tumbled to the ground below.
Dazed and battered, Serena kept low to the ground so she could perhaps see and indicate what had happened. Slowly she opened her eyes and looked around. Fire could be seen from all areas of the house as the smoke rose up to the ceiling and crawled its way up the stairs.
Sailor Moon gazed in astonishment at the destruction that was taking place around her. Tables and chairs had already been destroyed by something as the fire danced and played, spitting embers from the wooden splinters.
Taking a deep breath from beneath the smoke she stood up and called out, "Moonlight Winds Deplore!"
A silver aura illuminated around the girl and started to swirl around her, as if she had been the eye of a hurricane. With a sudden gesture, the swirling silver aura sailed like the winds from her, blowing the smoke away, so that she could see where she was.
Fire had already broken out everywhere and Eternal Sailor Moon knew she had to find her family before she could even think of what had cause this. She would have quickly gone upstairs to get Sammy if Luna hadn't showed up beside her.
"I already checked your brother's room. He isn't anywhere upstairs. No one is."
Nodding her thanks she waited until Luna had climbed on her shoulder and turned to check downstairs. Using her powers she kept the smoke at bay while she quickly searched downstairs but found no one.
"They must have rushed outside already." Luna stated.
"I can't sense anyone anyways. They must have escaped. I suggest we do the same." As she felt her eyes burn and her sailor outfit slowly turn to ash from the sparks and fire throughout the house.
"What could have happened?" she coughed.
"I happened. Child of the Moon." A dark and foreboding voice thundered around her.
Turning around, Serena and Luna found herself face to face with a cloaked figure.
"Who are you?" she spoke, trying to make herself heard as plaster and mortar started to fall around her.
The figure only laughed diabolically and lifted its arms as the figure started to give off a black aura which even the fire that consumed everything around them seem to shrink from this shadow. "Someone's whose waited a millennium for this chance."
"Luna, get out of here now. Warn the others!" She said as she concentrated and her silver crystal and her soul became one. With a silver flash suddenly there stood Sailor Cosmos.
Luna whispered in her ear. "I am with you, my princess, always."
Raising her staff she faced this creature of the shadows. "I am Sailor Cosmos, leave or I will be forced to destroy you."
The shadowy figure that seemed to vanquish the light around him only laughed as he raised his arms and what could only be described as a black energy sparked from his hands and like an energy bolt, raced towards the protector of the Cosmos.
Raising her staff, she brought forth her light. "Moonlight Illuminate!"
Outside fire trucks arrived at the house as Ilene, Ken and Sammy watched in horror as fire destroyed little by little their home. Police had arrived on site early and prevented Ken from going back inside to search for his little girl. Firefighters began to pull out hoses and hook up the water. Two had already made their way towards the front in search of the last occupant when Silver and Black light exploded from the roof, firing roof shingles and wooden boards in all directions and forcing the firefighters near the fire to tumble back.
Ken and Ilene watched in horror as the walls began to tumble inwards and fall to the ground, making the Captain call back his men from entering. There was nothing anyone could do.
The captain looked sadly on towards the family wrapped up in blankets from the autumn chill of the night. He had seen this happen many times throughout his career and it never got easier to watch especially in matters of one's child.
He walked up to them sadly and bent his head. "I am sorry."
At that Ilene broke down and started to whimper and cry. Ken wrapped his arms around his wife to console her grief.
The Sailor Scouts watched from a building rooftop opposite the Tsukino home in horror as the tiny home crumbled to ash. Tuxedo Mask had wanted to go in to search for his love but the scouts had held him back as at that moment the roof had exploded and the walls gave in. He had dropped to his knees and pounded the rooftop floor in agony as that precious link he always had with his love slowly dim until it finally it dispersed like that of a blown out candle. He knew then, that his only love, his princess, was gone.
The figure in shadow looked from his hiding place towards the people below and the Scouts above. Shaking his head he looked back at the once loved filled home and hoped they had done the right thing. Time could only tell.
"Death can't stall true love, it can only delay it for awhile" -the Princess Bride
********************************************************************* AN: I have had this idea in my mind for the longest time. I hope you enjoy. Please read and review.
I do not own Sailor Moon, I am just borrowing the characters to create this story. *********************************************************************
Prologue:
The moon was shining brightly above the city of Tokyo as people slept peacefully in their beds. However not everyone was asleep.
Outside of the Tsukino residence, no one saw a shadowy figure climb a tree that grew tall beside the house and branched out towards the heavens. The figure went from branch to branch effortlessly until the darkened shadow came to the branch that had grown only inches from a darkened window.
The figure glanced into the darkened chamber and saw glimpses of stuffed toys and figurines that glowed from the cascading moonlight that filtered through the window. The shadow turned its head until it came to a bed that a golden haired figure occupied, asleep. The figure caught a glimpse of something black sprawled upon the coverlets of the bed, indicating a feline of some sort.
Instinctively the figure knew who it was.
Sighing, it knew it couldn't be helped. The figure knew it was already very late and no more time could be spared. This was the only way.
Taking a deep breath, the figure waited within the depths of the shadows outside.
Serena within the depths of her slumber woke up in a flash from a petrifying scream. Opening her eyes, she sat up in bed looking around her moonlit filled room. Shadows danced and played tricks to the unsuspecting eye but nothing was out of miss, as she slowly crawled out of bed and looked out her window.
She looked up at the moon and it gave her a sense of peace and knew it must have been a dream that she had been having that woke her up. Everything seemed, as it should be. Looking down at Luna, she smiled. Her feline friend was lying peaceful with not a care in the world as she lay in slumber.
Yawning, she slowly sank back in bed, and would have fallen back to sleep when another heart curdling scream brought her back to the waking world. This time, Luna's head wrenched up from her make shift pillow, as her ears perked forward, listening.
"Serena what was that?" Luna whispered.
However Serena didn't hear her as the Soldier of Justice's instincts took control and grabbing her broach, she cried out.
"Moon Cosmic Eternal Power!"
Silver energy surrounded Serena as it had many times before, turning her into the heroine Eternal Sailor Moon.
When she had transformed, she quietly brought her finger to her lips to keep Luna from speaking as she closed her eyes and used her concentration to discover what was happening. A loud crash exploded from downstairs, bringing Sailor Moon out of her trance in shock.
A dark aura emanated from below her. Oh no! Mom! Dad! Sammy! Within half a heartbeat she pulled out her communicator and pushed the emergency button.
The others would know that something was wrong and would immediately follow the signal to its source. It had been a design that Amy had thought up so in case a one on one communication couldn't take place.
Leaving her communicator on the bed, Sailor Moon rushed through her door and bolted downstairs. Suddenly a cloud of smoke filled her sense of smell and choked from the suddenness of the impact.
Her eyes became misty and soon found that she could hardly see. She took a step forward and felt nothing below her as she suddenly fell and tumbled to the ground below.
Dazed and battered, Serena kept low to the ground so she could perhaps see and indicate what had happened. Slowly she opened her eyes and looked around. Fire could be seen from all areas of the house as the smoke rose up to the ceiling and crawled its way up the stairs.
Sailor Moon gazed in astonishment at the destruction that was taking place around her. Tables and chairs had already been destroyed by something as the fire danced and played, spitting embers from the wooden splinters.
Taking a deep breath from beneath the smoke she stood up and called out, "Moonlight Winds Deplore!"
A silver aura illuminated around the girl and started to swirl around her, as if she had been the eye of a hurricane. With a sudden gesture, the swirling silver aura sailed like the winds from her, blowing the smoke away, so that she could see where she was.
Fire had already broken out everywhere and Eternal Sailor Moon knew she had to find her family before she could even think of what had cause this. She would have quickly gone upstairs to get Sammy if Luna hadn't showed up beside her.
"I already checked your brother's room. He isn't anywhere upstairs. No one is."
Nodding her thanks she waited until Luna had climbed on her shoulder and turned to check downstairs. Using her powers she kept the smoke at bay while she quickly searched downstairs but found no one.
"They must have rushed outside already." Luna stated.
"I can't sense anyone anyways. They must have escaped. I suggest we do the same." As she felt her eyes burn and her sailor outfit slowly turn to ash from the sparks and fire throughout the house.
"What could have happened?" she coughed.
"I happened. Child of the Moon." A dark and foreboding voice thundered around her.
Turning around, Serena and Luna found herself face to face with a cloaked figure.
"Who are you?" she spoke, trying to make herself heard as plaster and mortar started to fall around her.
The figure only laughed diabolically and lifted its arms as the figure started to give off a black aura which even the fire that consumed everything around them seem to shrink from this shadow. "Someone's whose waited a millennium for this chance."
"Luna, get out of here now. Warn the others!" She said as she concentrated and her silver crystal and her soul became one. With a silver flash suddenly there stood Sailor Cosmos.
Luna whispered in her ear. "I am with you, my princess, always."
Raising her staff she faced this creature of the shadows. "I am Sailor Cosmos, leave or I will be forced to destroy you."
The shadowy figure that seemed to vanquish the light around him only laughed as he raised his arms and what could only be described as a black energy sparked from his hands and like an energy bolt, raced towards the protector of the Cosmos.
Raising her staff, she brought forth her light. "Moonlight Illuminate!"
Outside fire trucks arrived at the house as Ilene, Ken and Sammy watched in horror as fire destroyed little by little their home. Police had arrived on site early and prevented Ken from going back inside to search for his little girl. Firefighters began to pull out hoses and hook up the water. Two had already made their way towards the front in search of the last occupant when Silver and Black light exploded from the roof, firing roof shingles and wooden boards in all directions and forcing the firefighters near the fire to tumble back.
Ken and Ilene watched in horror as the walls began to tumble inwards and fall to the ground, making the Captain call back his men from entering. There was nothing anyone could do.
The captain looked sadly on towards the family wrapped up in blankets from the autumn chill of the night. He had seen this happen many times throughout his career and it never got easier to watch especially in matters of one's child.
He walked up to them sadly and bent his head. "I am sorry."
At that Ilene broke down and started to whimper and cry. Ken wrapped his arms around his wife to console her grief.
The Sailor Scouts watched from a building rooftop opposite the Tsukino home in horror as the tiny home crumbled to ash. Tuxedo Mask had wanted to go in to search for his love but the scouts had held him back as at that moment the roof had exploded and the walls gave in. He had dropped to his knees and pounded the rooftop floor in agony as that precious link he always had with his love slowly dim until it finally it dispersed like that of a blown out candle. He knew then, that his only love, his princess, was gone.
The figure in shadow looked from his hiding place towards the people below and the Scouts above. Shaking his head he looked back at the once loved filled home and hoped they had done the right thing. Time could only tell.
