Hi guys! Well I somehow managed to update using the copy-n-paste thing (yay me!) but there might be too many mistakes since I am writing in an i pad mini, the keyboard being simply too small and the auto correct thing going on. Anyways enjoy and review!


Alexis woke up on the chair she had sat on before setting the chesspieces. She frowned and stood up from the chair, thinking of her attitude towards the outers. "They must be searching for the inners all over the place now," Alexis thought, " I should definately apologize tomorrow, once the war is over."

She then turned back in the direction of the chesspieces, an idea popping inside her head. Alexis called for the silver crystal, a bright light filling the room.

"Silver Imperium Crystal! Let me monitor my friends through this chessboard!" A second later the chesspieces changed colour, taking the respective colours of the soldiers. She shot an impatient look at the chesspieces before entering the main room.

Minako was in the bedroom bruised and burnt by the cage. It wasn't that she had tried to escape because she wasn't comfortable (not that she was) it was because she had heard Usagi scream and call for help throughout the night. When she finally entered the bedroom, Minako sighed of relief, feeling somehow relaxed knowing that she was alright. She once again tried to get out of the cage, but failed miserably, recieving another electrical shock.

"Minako I will do you a favor and tell you about the cage's real purpose. It doesnt only shock you with electricity, it also drains your energy so if you do not stop touching it you will soon collapse because of the lack of energy it causes. Be a good girl and wait until the war. I want a fair fight." Minako looked at Alexis blakly or a minute and then said,

"What war?" Alexis smiled. She knew Minako would ask this question. She answered,

"Minako you know about the sailor wars right?" Minako gulped. She did know about the sailor wars but wished it was otherwise.

The sailor wars were the ancient battles of the ten sacred planets. It was what had formed the universe through the big bang, the big bang actually being the last blow of the strongest sailor soldier, ending the wars. Starting it was the ultimate taboo a sailor could commit and should you lose, you would face grand outcomes.

" The sailor wars will start again once you inners are gathered. After all, to drag you in the real battle, I need Endymion's permission. The laws are simple and it will be a fair fight as I just said. It will be a simple one on one fight and everyone will wield a single weapon. The reason you are caged is beause I have to gather you all before starting the war. This doesnt count as losing so you can feel relieved."

Minako was terrified. This could not be Usagi. She would never start a war knowingly would she? She as smiled a cynical smile and walked towards Minako.

"Usagi you do realize that if you lose, you will recieve the ultimate punishment right? This is insane! Usagi return to us. We can start all over again. Just give us another chance please." Alexis continued smiling.

"Minako let me do another favor to you." she said and summoned her staff. She lifted it in the air and Minako's cage started floating, making her fall in the direction of the electric bars and hurt herself once again.

Alexis dragged the cage to the study and placed it right in front of the chessboard. Minako stared at the pieces noticing the formation.

"The chesspieces are set in the inner outer formation, each one of them signifying a sailor soldier. As soon as one of the outers find one of the inners their chesspieces will move closer and after the winner is determined, the one that lost will be taken out of the game. You will see who the winner of the sailor wars will be by watching these minor battles. See we have our first match. A rather strong pairing I'd say. The queens, Haruka and Rei. Lets see the victor then." Minako gasped of horror. This cold voice was not Usagi's. What had they done to her?


Haruka was walking smoothly like a thief, in order to not be recognized. She watched Rei's every move and followed her. Haruka was waiting for an empty area to battle Rei. After all the maids were all over the place and Haruka simply didnt want to take the risk of harming them. She knew that letting Rei use het energy battling right now would cause the sailor wars to not be fair, so her plan was ro finish her of with two or three attacks.

She watched as Rei headed to the rose garden. "This may be my only opportunity." Haruka thought. The searched the area and found no one. " Thank god the estate has its own rose garden" she thought. After making sure no one was watching, Haruka revealed herself to Rei. The girl was caught off guard but was quick to grasp hold of the situation, transforming.

"So I get it, we are enemies." Rei said seriously while pointing her fire arrow towards Haruka. Haruka grinned. She knew that Rei would fight without holding back so she summoned her space sword.

" Right guess." Haruka said and pointed the space sword towards her. Rei was the first to attack but Haruka made the arrow disappear by slicing it with the sword. Rei was confused. Was that even possible?

Haruka thought about Rei's disadvantage in exprience and power. The girl was simply lacking the knowledge that whenever one tried to attack their defensive powers would disappear, making the person completely open to attacks. Haruka waited for Rei to send two more arrows, while studying her closely,trying to figure out her open spot. By the end of Rei's fifth attack she found what she was searching for: legs. Haruka gathered her energy in the space sword and hit Rei with a "world shaking" attack.

Rei fell down, feeling pain. Her legs were simply damaged so much that she could not move a single muscle. She said,

" Haruka listen we are not enemies. You and I, we are both sailor scouts and we believe in the same prince and princess." Haruka was enraged with the last sentence. How dare she voice the name of the messiah? She turned the edge of the space sword's blade towards Rei.

"Dare to say that again and I will kill you at the spot." She then raised the space sword in the air, forming a cloud bed under Rei. Haruka made the space sword disappear after that and blew Rei's cloud up, forming another cloud under her own feet. The wind Haruka had formed was pushing them upwards, towards Alexis's room.


Alexis watched the chesspieces slowly as they battled. She let out a small laugh when she saw Haruka's royal blue chess queen defeat Rei's fire red one. The red queen left the board, joining the orange bishop, which was also outside. She turned at Minako and said,

"See I told you. Haruka just defeated Rei. They must be coming here, I should open the doors of the balcony." Minako watched suspicously as Alexis opened the doors of the balcony wide and returned to her seat. She didnt believe that Rei could be defeated so easily. After all she was the queen in the game, meaning she was more powerful than the rest.

"I dont believe you Usagi! I will never believe what you say until Rei comes through that door and admits that she has been defeated!" Alexis smiled and pointed to the balcony. Haruka was walking towards them, Rei also coming close on a cloud. The cloud disappeared when it reached Minako's right and the same cage appeared around Rei.

"Usagi why are you doing this? Aren't we friends?" Rei said. Alexis smirked. The girls were indeed thinking she was still 'Usagi'.

"I was betrayed by the ones I loved the most Rei. You will never understand." with that she turned back to the chessboard siting on her chair and inviting Haruka to watch with her. Haruka said,

" Check it out! Michiru is next." Alexis looked at the chesspieces like she knew what would happen next. She said,

" Then the next pairing will be the the rooks, Michiru and Ami. Haruka please bring a glass of water from the dining room. The third door from left." Alexis, after telling her about the right door, let herself relax, while watching the match between the aquamarine and light blue pieces. She watched as the two continually pulled the other into checkmate positions and then moved again losing the chance to win. This battle was somehow more tactical so it was impossible to defeat one another with one blow like Haruka had done. Well it was Ami with Michiru. Only to be expected.

A second later Haruka arrived with a glass of water in her hand, the two inners staring at her. They didnt know what the water was for or how the chesspieces were moving on their own. They just watched in horror.


Ami was in the clinic, alone. The doctor and the other nurse had gone to have breakfast, leaving her in the clinic in case there was an emergency. Ami sighed and dived again in the small record room. She found Alexis's folders and started to read again, her back facing the door.

" Searching for something?" A voice asked from behind. Ami did not turn back although she knew who the voice belonged to. She just read and spoke while doing so.

" Did you know that all these years she had been hiding an illness this great from us? She has been all alone suffering. She was our angel in so many ways. How could we not notice what we were doing to her, what she had been enduring? I know that we were terribly wrong and brutal towards her but we could have learned from our wrongs. You... I will never forgive you for stealing her from us!" With that Ami transformed. She sent various attacks on Michiru, so much that the aquamarine haired girl could no longer be seen in all the mist.

When Ami finally stopped to catch her breath, the mist dissolved revealing Michiru, completely unharmed.

" My, dont waste your energy! You'll need it." She said and sent a " deep submerge" towards Ami, but Ami dodged it and landed on the floor after a magnificent jump. Michiru was impressed but she knew that she couldnt let Ami lose energy like this.

Ami sent her most powerful attack flying towards Michiru and a loud metalic voice was heard as soon as it reached its target. Ami, thinking that she had defeated Michiru, didnt go through the trouble of looking inside the mist that had surrounded the spot the attack had hit.

Michiru lowered her mirror and the shield in front of her dissolved. "Thank goodness the mirror can become a shield. I wuld be dead if that thing had hit me." she gathered all her energy in one attack, predicting that Ami would be off guard. She attacked qAmi with a large blast of water, sending her flying towards the wall. Once Ami fell down, a water orb surrounded her and Michiru lifted her finger in the air, in attemp to make the water orb move. They both disappeared, leaving a few drops of water behind.


Alexis watched as the aquamarine coloured chesspiece defeated the light blue one, and then turned at Haruka.

" Haruka drop the glass once I reach zero." She said. Rei and Minako did not understand what was going on, but they were capable of seeing that Ami had lost. Now the only ones remaining were Mamoru and Makoto.

" 3...2...1! Drop the glass quickly!" Haruka did what she was told and as soon as she did, the spilled water began to shine, and Michiru and Ami got out of it, Michiru looking as normal as ever and Ami inside an orb formed of water. A few seconds later, the orb dissolved and Ami got out of it, coughing. As soon as Ami stopped coughing the same old cage surrounded her. She looked at Alexis questioningly.

" As fast as ever I see, Michiru." alexis said. Michiru smiled a bit and turned to look at the chessboard.

" Alexis I dont want to freak you out but the chesspieces are moving on their own." She said. Haruka gave her a look indicating, " long story dont ask."

" The next pairing is the knights, Setsuna and Makoto. Haruka please tell Michiru about e chessboard. Her face looks simply too confused."

Ami looked the oters for explanation. After hearing the story, she too, like the two, was terrified. Usagi starting a war was...just wrong.


Makoto stood in front of Setsuna, quite worn out, although the older woman looked perfectly well. It was only natural since Setsuna was not fighting. She was simply warping time to make Makoto's attacks return to her. The fight was just too easy for her.

" Setsuna what is Usagi planning? Is she alright? I want to know Setsuna. We are both sailor soldiers. Why do we have to fight?"

Setsuna thought for a second before saying anything. If she remembered correctly, she hadnt recieved any orders to not talk to her opponet. With an anger you dont think Setsuna would ever have, she shouted,

"You hurt her got it? She lost her ability to laugh from her heart. Now all she cares about is to destroy everything about you, so that she doesnt remember about the painful memories she had. You killed our princess! We are simply making you pay the price by figting you!" Makoto was surprised to see Setsuna angry. After all the woman never had lost her temper. She noticed red glitters, which were teasing her eyes. These little shining energy fragments were coming out of Setsuna's garnet orb.

Sertuna couldnt keep her anger in any longer. She felt the garnet orb drain her energy and form a very big ringed planet. She sighed. She knew that she wasnt the type to hold back. She hit he ringed planet with her staff, sending it flying towards Makoto.

Makoto fell down, some kind of weird energy engulfing her. This wasnt the gentle type of energy her Usagi had. It was harming her, making her feel like something was eating her head to toe. As soon as the red light disappeared, she took a deep breath and tried to stand up, only to find out that she wasnt able to do so. Setsuna pointed her staff towards Makoto and they both disappeared into the ground.


Alexis blinked and looked at the green knight, which was now shattered To pieces. Apparantly, Setsuna had overdone it. A few seconds later Setsuna and Makoto appeared, rising slowly from the ground. After Alexis placed Makoto in a cage like the others, she turned towards Setsuna, arching her eyebrows. Setsuna wore an apologetic face and said,

"I'm sorry. I just couldnt stand her mentioning you." Alexis slowly walked towards Setsuna and slapped her, which Setsuna thought to be quite rightful.

"This is your punishment." Alexis said. She then hugged Setsuna tightly. In truth she appriciated what Setsuna had done. She herself didnt like the traitors using her name.

"And this is my apology. Thank you for being there for me whenver I need you." She said, quickly pulling away. Then she noticed that the last two chesspieces, the purple bishop and golden king, were facing each other. She watched carefully as the two pieces moved closer and closer.

The inners looked at each other looking guilty. They knew that they were never the friends Usagi deserved and admired her for being so strong. She was the perfect lover and friend anyone would ask for. And they had lost her.


Mamoru and Hotaru were facing eachother, their weapons in their hands, pointed towards one another. Mamoru knew that he couldnt win a battle against Hotaru so was patiently listening to her.

"If you agree to come with me earth prince, I will not hurt you. After all we need you fully energized." Mamoru thought for a second. What would the outers need him for?

"And what for?" Mamoru asked. He watched as Hotaru's grip on the glaive tightened. The girl was actually going through something hard. It was a struggle to decide what was right and what was wrong.

"The pincess...declares war with the inner planets. It is the new sailors war, a battle to determine the true ruler." Mamoru couldnt believe what he had just heard. His sweet Usagi would never start a war, let alone one against them. It was insane, just wrong.

"Why would I cooperate?" Mamoru asked, trying to sound less hurt. After all Hotaru was the type to use every advantage she had. Hotaru looked inside his eyes, and smirked. "It is no good," Mamoru thought, " she can see through me."

" Because if you win, you will take your throne and lover back. We will recieve punishment instead of the princess and she will forever be yours. However if you lose, the princess gains the throne and you inners recieve the ultimate punishment of the sailor wars. Do you agree?" Mamoru thought for a second. Getting Usagi back was indeed a tempting idea, but the punishment was too heavy. "No buts," he thought, "I have to Get her back." With that he lowered his weapon and said,

" I agree." He sighed. This was a very dangerous gamble.

Hotaru grinned. She lowered her weapon just like Mamoru had and they both diappeared in purple mist.


" How strange, they are both still in the game." Alexis said. She found it strange for Mamoru to actually take five minutes of fighting Hotaru and stand. It was quite impossible. She frowned at the thought of him. He was the man who had used and betrayed her. Alexis didnt like him one least bit. That was why she was starting the sailor wars. It was easy for her to gain the throne by force, since she was the most powerful sailor scout. What she wanted was to see the ultimate punishment befall the ones that had betrayed her. This was simply her revenge and beginning.

Alexis had always felt alone. The ones she loved the most would always leave her, always laugh behind her back. Only one man hadn't, and this was very long ago, in the silver millennium. His name was Orpheus, prince of sun. Serenity would wait for his arrival every day outside the palace, often on the earth since he only traveled there. He was her one true love, a very gentle and captivating man.

Serenity had met him in person when he was riding the chariot of the sun to bring light to the earth. They loved each other deeply, until Orpheus one day disappeared. Serenity never saw him again and met Endymion while searching for him on the earth. They were looking so similar to each other that Serenity had fooled herself to think he was her lost lover. She had been searchng for his reincarnation ever since but somehow whenever she got close, she would lose trace of him completely, having to start all over again.

Alexis woke up with the sense of another sailor aura. It was Hotaru and she had brought Mamoru with her.

" Since the earth prince also arrived, I declare the start of the second sailor wars!" Alexis said and teleported all the soldiers to the moon, where her kingdom once was standing. She looked at the other scouts who seemed to have gotten rid of their confusions.

" So earth prince? Shall we?" Alexis asked with a rather mocking tone of voice. Mamoru clenched his fist. He could now clearly see what his sweet little Usagi had turned into.

" Then I'll start first." Alexis said, summoning her staff.

" In the name of the Imperium Silver Crysal, I, Serenity, hereby declare war upon the inner planets! I accept the costs and the gains and swear to fight fair! In the name of the moon, I lift the first seal of the sailor wars!" Alexis turned at Mamoru and waved her hand eleganly, indicating that it was his turn. Mamoru sighed and voiced the phrase that would change the lives of many.

" In the name of the Golden Crystal, I, Endymion, hereby declare war upon the outer planets! I accept the costs and gains and swear to fight fair! In the name of the earth I lift the last seal of the sailor wars!"

As soon as Mamoru finished, the galaxy froze, stopping every life in every star and planet. After that a greyish purple barricade surrounded the moon in order to prevent damaging another planet. All the scouts changed into their real forms. Their sailor clothes were long gone and their royal attires had appeared.

Alexis wore her most serious face and summoned her staff. So did the others, making all sorts of weapons appear. Hotaru was holding her silence glaive, Setsuna the garnet orb and Haruka, as expected, the space sword. The only thing different was that Michiru's aqua mirror had been replaced by Neptune's trident.

" When did you learn to do that?" Haruka asked and Michiru answered,

" I've got a few aces up my sleeve." Smiling. Hotaru said in a childish way,

"Flashy." Meanwhile the inners were readying themselves for their hardest battle ever. They were to fight with Usagi after all. Ami was holding the divine harp tightly in both hands and Rei was readying her flame arrows with a big bow in her hand. Makoto had a spear in her hand, which was made of gold, and lastly, Minako was holding a mass of love me chains in her hand. In all the scouts, the only one who carried a real harming weapon was Mamoru, having a sword in his hand.

"Well then. Let the sailor wars begin!" Alexis or in her current form, Serenity shouted. She raised her staff and made the first attack on Endymion.


I'm sorry for the short chapter but this i pad mini thing gets on my nerves and i cannot concentrate on writing. Okay i will reveal what this ultimate taboo thing in the next chapter and uh also who Orpheus is, although i am sure you plenty much guessed. Please R&R.