A Heart Mended

By Bashfulglowfly

Chapter Three

Venus stumbled to a halt and Mars crashed into her, snarling. "You're getting as bad as that idiot we're chasing." Jupiter snickered while Mercury continued tapping on her computer. Venus gave Mars a glare that said she knew seventeen different ways to inflict serious pain and was willing to use them all. Mars backed up a step.

Tuxedo Mask came to Venus' side. "Look who's with her."

Jupiter gasped. "But, but they're supposed to be dead!"

Mars frowned. "Who are those other girls dressed like Senshi with her."

Venus tilted her head and examined them. "I'm not sure. I don't remember them."

"I've got it." Said Mercury. "They are Sailors Pluto, Neptune, Uranus and Saturn. Saturn should be asleep…at least she was during the Silver Millennium…Pluto guards the Gate of Time and Neptune and Uranus guard the outer reaches of our galaxy from invasion."

"So, they're like us?" asked Mars.

Mercury nodded. "Yes, but with different responsibilities. I'm not sure what Saturn's are, my computer won't let me access that information."

"Why are the Shitennou alive?" asked Jupiter, her face in an ugly scowl. "They should be killing her, not defending her!"

Venus tossed her hair back with her hand. "Well, let's see what's going on before we take what belongs to us." She swaggered towards the group, Tuxedo Mask at her side. Jupiter and Mars just behind them and Mercury trailing.

"You've come close enough." Said Nephrite.

Jupiter sneered. "Who are you to tell US what to do?"

"I am Nephrite, one of the Four Heavenly Kings. Defender of the Princess of the Moon…not that I need to tell you that, oathbreaker."

Mars hissed. "Who the hell are you calling an oathbreaker."

Jadeite looked at her calmly. "You."

Mars snarled.

Luna spoke. "'I swear on my sacred honor to always protect and defend Serenity, Princess of the Moon from all who would harm her.'" She looked at Mars. "Oathbreaker."

"Before you became Beryl's lapdogs, you were my Guardians. Get away from that useless woman now." Snarled Tuxedo Mask.

Serenity moaned. She had tried to reach out to the Inner Senshi but the bond that they had was in pieces; she couldn't connect with them anymore. Kunzite wrapped an arm around her shoulders and she leaned against him, hiding her eyes so that she didn't have to look at the man who was once her beloved and the girls she thought were her friends.

"We don't have to obey you, Oathbreaker." Said Kunzite.

Tuxedo Mask's head jerked back in shock.

Kunzite stared at him. "'I swear before all of the Gods that I shall always defend the men who are my Shitennou to the best of my abilities. I swear before all the Gods that I know that my Shitennou are honorable men who will always do their utmost to protect and defend my Kingdom, my people and myself.'"

Kunzite took a deep breath. "And we did just that, but no one could defend themselves against the foul magic of Beryl and her Master, Metallia. But we became free. And when we did, we went to you. And you sent us away with foul words and hatred."

Venus looked at Tuxedo Mask. "They came to see you? Why didn't you tell me?"

He glared at her. "I don't have to tell you everything that happens to me." He turned back to the group protecting Serenity. "Turn over the Ginzuishou to us and we'll let you go."

"Why should we listen to the one who broke faith not only with us but with the woman he pledged to love forever."

"I never promised that!" said Tuxedo Mask.

"'I swear before all the Gods that no matter how many different lives we lead or what temptations are put before me, you will be the only one I will ever love, Serenity.'" Serenity's voice was soft but filled with pain.

Jupiter scowled, "You can't hold us to oaths made a thousand years ago when we were fools."

Luna looked down her nose at the traitors. "All of you will find out rather quickly that the Gods think quite differently."

"To hell with all of this!" Yelled Mars. "FIRE…"

"WORLD SHAKING!" The Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Mask all cried out as Uranus' attack knocked them off their feet.

"DEEP SUBMERGE!" Neptune's attack slammed them into the ground.

Pluto turned to Serenity. "Quickly, you must awaken the Moon Kingdom and the Outer Planets, then transport us out of here!"

Serenity stared at her for a moment then the knowledge came to her mind. "Saturn."

The youngest Senshi looked over her shoulder and smiled. She spun her Glaive between her hands and pointed it at the ones who so badly hurt her princess. "Silence Wall!"

The Inners and Tuxedo Mask began attacking but their attacks bounced off Saturn's barrier.

Serenity closed her eyes and concentrated once more. Her rod turned into a staff and she grasped it with both hands and she began to glow white with power. "MOON KINGDOM AWAKEN! PLANET PLUTO AWAKEN! PLANET SATURN AWAKEN! PLANET URANUS AWAKEN! PLANET NEPTUNE AWAKEN!"

The Inner Senshi and Tuxedo Mask gaped as the bright light surrounded the strange Senshi, the Shitennou and Serenity.

Mercury squinted; the light was so bright so she couldn't really tell but she could swear that Serenity was…changing.

The light flared brighter, blinding them.

Venus blinked away the afterimages and looked around her. The only ones near her were Tuxedo Mask, Mars, Jupiter and Mercury. That idiot and the trash that had been protecting her were gone.

"Where the hell did they go?"