Chapter 4

Venus

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"Any luck?" Luna asked when Usagi came back. She nodded and proudly displayed a red crystal. "Good job." Luna praised. "Thanks and now I'm drained." She said sitting by the window and pulling the curtains. "If you're tired shouldn't you be sleeping?" Luna asked. Usagi shook her head. "I'm just going to get nightmares and if I absorb moonbeams then it should be the equivalent of hours of peaceful sleep." She explained. "See you tomorrow." Luna said curling up to sleep.

The next morning Usagi bumped into Mamoru. "Good morning." She greeted. "Why don't you watch where you're going?" He asked grumpy from the lack of caffeine. "Be nice Endymion." She reprimanded him. "Sailor Moon?" He asked. She smiled before going to school.

After school the Senshi gathered at the Hikawa Shrine with , Tuxedo Mask, Nephrite, and Jadeite. "What do you mean Rainbow Crystals?" Mercury asked. "The Rainbow Crystals are the fragments of the Silver Crystal. There are seven of them." Sailor Moon informed the rest. "Where are we going to find them?" Jupiter asked. "Inside humans." "That's just great. It's going to take forever to get even one." Mars said sarcastically. "I already got one. Another one is in your grandfather." Sailor Moon said rolling her eyes. "Interesting." Zoisite said from his place on the roof. They looked up. "General Zoisite. General of Europe. Currently working for the Queen of the Dark Kingdom, Beryl, who reports to Metallia who is Queen of the Darkness and Child of Chaos." Sailor Moon said standing. He stared at her. "Do I know you?" He asked. "Sure you do. Special delivery!" She said launching two photos. One was the Shitennou and Endymion picture. The second was of him tickling Mercury as she rolled in the grass laughing and he was laughing too. "Who is this?" He asked looking at the girl. "Mercury or Nymph as you so intelligently named her." She said stretching a hand out. An orange crystal flew into her hand and Grandpa Hino was healed. Serenity appeared. She stretched a hand out. Zoisite was enveloped in light. Sailor Moon did the same and the darkness fighting against the light vanished and Zoisite was unconscious. "Zoisite!" Mercury rushed over. "Am I happy that took one Pluto's rare advices and stocked on moonbeams." Sailor Moon remarked. Zoisite stirred and opened his eyes. "General Zoisite. Jadeite and Nephrite will explain everything. You will attend school as Zoi North. I must leave now. Rainbow Crystals to find. Venus will be coming by the next attack. Renity go to Uranus and Neptune." Sailor Moon commanded. Serenity pouted but did as she was told. Sailor Moon teleported. "That went fast." Jupiter remarked. "Venus will be here! Now it won't matter if we trust her or not." Mars said delighted. "Somebody explain why the Princess was in-mmph!" He said as Nephrite and Jadeite covered his mouth. "Not here nitwit." Jadeite hissed. "We'll explain everything to you in the apartment." Nephrite said. Serenity reappeared. "Sorry forgot about your transportation." She stretched out a hand and they disappeared. She disappeared again. "I wish Venus was here already." Mars grumbled. Luna left for Sailor Moon's house.

"Artemis, do you really think she's not to be trusted?" Venus asked. "Mina she's declared herself leader of the Senshi and holds much influence over them. She could endanger the Senshi." Artemis said again lounging. Mina sneaked another glance at him. It was odd to see him in human form. She'd gotten so used to his cat form. They returned to Tokyo.

"How did it go?" Luna asked as Usagi returned. "Really successful." She said holding up yellow and green. "Let's sleep."

"Come here you stupid cat!" Kunzite yelled as he chased an obese cat through the allies of Juuban. "Hold it!" A voice rang out. Kunzite growled. "I am Sailor Venus! The Senshi of Love and Beauty and oh my gosh! Kunzite!" She gasped. He turned the stupid cat into the Shadow Warrior. "Get her." He ordered the monster. The furry thing ran at Venus who was in too much of a shock to dodge. It was flung backwards. A white haired man landed. He was wearing a white long-sleeve shirt and white pants. He had a sword and lots of tassels hanging from his uniform. He wore white boots. "I am Artemis. Lunar Shadow to Queen Selenity and I will protect the Senshi to the best of my ability." He said taking out a sword. The furry thing and Artemis fought as Venus fought with Kunzite. Venus and Artemis were in danger. Another explosion occurred. A black-haired woman landed. She wore the same shirt but wore a skirt with pants underneath and white heels. "I am Luna. Lunar Shadow to Queen Selenity and I will protect the Senshi to the best of my ability." She said straightening and taking out two daggers. They struggled. As the furry thing was about to claw Luna it was turned back into a cat as a blue crystal flew to Sailor Moon's outstretched hand. "Bad kitty. Very bad kitty. Now General Kunzite. General of the Middle East who reports to Beryl who is the self-proclaimed queen of the Dark Kingdom who is under the influence of Metallia Queen of the Darkness and Child of Chaos. You're another bad kitty. How about letting the Lunar Shadows and Venus go and have a swordfight with me?" Sailor Moon asked. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Jadeite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Tuxedo Mask were behind her. "Venus!" Jupiter said joyfully. Kunzite's eyes gleamed and he drew his sword. Sailor Moon transformed into a Lunar Shadow and took out two sticks. He charged. She flicked her sticks to reveal…..fans. "How are you going to fight him with fans?" Mars asked in disbelief. She was ignored. Sailor Moon parried and thrust and got the best of him. He stared in disbelief as his sword sailed into her hand. "Present from Renity." She said tossing two photos. He received the Shitennou and Endymion photo and a picture of Venus sleeping in his lap as he stroked her hair gently. "I do not have enough energy to heal you so leave General." She commanded. He did as she said. She turned back to face the rest.

"I hand over my leadership of the Inner Senshi over to Sailor Venus." She said looking around. "Who are you?" Artemis asked looking at Luna. "What do you mean?" She asked. "You are not Luna." Venus said looking at her warily. Sailor Moon rolled her eyes and started laughing. Everyone turned to stare at her. "What is so funny?" Venus asked. "You think that's not Luna!" She continued laughing. She straightened. "Why do you think that this isn't Luna?" She asked her eyes alight with amusement. "Luna knows there was never a Senshi of the Moon. She would never have accepted you." Artemis accused. "Here's the truth Artemis. That is Luna. There never was a Senshi of the Moon. I was a Lunar Shadow then." She said staring at him with piercing eyes. "I trust her." Mercury spoke up. "I do too." Jupiter added. Mars tossed her head. "I told you she was dangerous." Artemis said. "So you don't trust me?" She asked Artemis. He nodded. "You don't trust Renity." She accused. "Who is Renity?" Venus asked. "Princess Serenity." "Of course I trust her." He said hotly. "You don't trust me then you don't trust Renity." She said sharply. He opened his mouth to protest. "Renity, I know you sneaked off from Uranus and Neptune so why don't you say hello to Sailor V?" Sailor Moon asked.

A figure in a white dress jumped from the trees. "Hi V, Artemis!" She said brightly. "Princess!" Venus tried to touch her. She hid behind Sailor Moon. "Do you see her face clearly?" Sailor Moon asked. Venus and Artemis shook their heads. "You can't see me until all four of you and Luna and Artemis trust Sere." Serenity said. "Why? Why do you trust her and not us?" Venus asked. "You left me. All four of you. She was there when you weren't she was my Lunar Shadow. She was my best friend. She died for me." Serenity explained. "Any way Luna, come here." Serenity said. Luna came forward. "Thank you Luna. You too Mercury and Jupiter. You did what I asked. Mars even you did it. Thank you." She said hugging Luna, Mercury, Mars, and Jupiter. "I have more Rainbow Crystals to find. Renity go to Pluto, or Saturn, or Uranus and Neptune." Sailor Moon ordered. Serenity pouted but left. Sailor Moon also teleported. "We'll just be going now." Jadeite said as he and the three Shitennou edged away. "Hold it! What do you know about her?" Venus asked. "N-Nothing." Zoisite said. "Catch them!" Mars yelled. They ran.

"Damn. We can't tell. Sailor Moon placed us under a spell so if we reveal something that we're not supposed to we get tongue tied so we can't!" Nephrite said when caught. The other two nodded. "Explain." Mars ordered. "Sailor Moon is actually puhy jouh iygyv." Jadeite said. "Now Jadeite won't be able to talk for an hour. I warned you not to tell. I also put a censor on what you put into writing." Sailor Moon said waving a finger at them. "Now bye-bye." She said teleporting. "Okay. They really can't talk." Mercury concluded. They released the boys reluctantly. "So now what?" Jupiter asked. "Venus, Renity told you to sleep." Sailor Moon said returning. They detransformed. "So why aren't you detransforming?" Venus asked. "Because I don't want to." "I command you as your leader to detransform." Venus ordered. "You're not my leader." "I am leader of the Senshi." Venus said. "You are leader of the Inner Senshi." Sailor Moon corrected. "I am leader of the Outer Senshi." She continued. "There are only us." Venus said sharply. "Nope. Either way they're too busy dealing with Renity right now but I don't report to you. Bye now." With that she teleported. "What did she mean Outer Senshi?" Venus asked the guys. "I seem to vaguely remember other Senshi." Nephrite said. "Remember in the memory the Princess showed us there were four Senshi whose faces we couldn't see clearly." Ami said. "That must be the Outer Senshi." Lita agreed. "I should be getting so sleep." Artemis remarked. "You two should ask her to show you the memory. When you see it you'll trust her." Luna said. They nodded. Everyone went home to sleep.

"Mina-chan! Artemis! Mina-chan! Artemis!" A vague figure in the mist waved. Venus and Artemis ran over to Serenity. "Princess." They said kneeling together. "Get up." They rose. "I'll show you the memory." She said and her hand glowed.

There was Serenity crying in a corner. There was a burst of light. Sailor Moon stood next to her. Serenity stopped crying and looked up. "Who are you?" She asked. "I am…." They couldn't hear. When she finished talking Sailor Moon asked. "Why are you crying?" "I don't have anyone to be with. Uranus, Neptune, Pluto, and Saturn can't leave their posts just to play with me. Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, and Venus are always busy training. We haven't done anything together for fun for two years." Serenity sobbed. "It's okay Renity. I'll stay with you. Always." Sailor Moon said. "Really?" Serenity asked. "Really. You can call me Sere." She said smiling. Serenity launched into her arms crying with happiness. "It's okay Renity." Sere said smiling and patting her back. "Thank you so much Sere." Serenity said laughing.

The scene changed. "Mother said I have to appoint a Lunar Shadow. Can you be my Lunar Shadow?" Serenity asked. "Of course Renity." They hugged.

The scene changed. "Sere! Sere!" A distraught and sobbing princess tore through the halls of the Lunar Palace. They still could not see her face. "What is it Renity?" A girl who looked exactly like Sailor Moon answered popping her head out of a door. "They don't believe me. Mother, Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Mercury, Artemis, and Luna. None of them believe me." Serenity sobbed in the arms of Sailor Moon. "Why don't they believe and what don't they believe?" Sailor Moon asked. "My dream. I had a dream. In the middle of the ball tonight they were fighting the Shitennou who were trying to kill them for some lady with red hair and purple dress. Suddenly the Shitennou appeared and fought with themselves but all of them died. The evil Shitennou, the Shitennou, and the Inner Senshi. Endy died to protect me and you died because you were trying to protect me too. Then mother used the Crystal and she died and saved us. They said if it was true then Mars would have had the dream." Serenity sobbed. "That's nonsense. You could have dreamed the truth. This is serious Renity. You have to survive. Let's go. Please stay there until you're sure it's safe." Sailor Moon begged. Serenity nodded. They tore through the halls to an empty corridor. "Pluto will keep you safe and she'll believe you. She always does. Use your skills to look like a normal maid or something but please don't leave Renity. I'm going to pretend to be you again and if nothing happens tomorrow I'll get to you. Stay in this area and if something happens run to Pluto because if you teleport you'll attract attention. Okay Renity?" Sailor Moon asked. Serenity nodded but paused. "What about Endy?" She asked. "I'll tell him." Sailor Moon said. Serenity transformed into a brunette. Sailor Moon turned into the princess whose face could not be seen clearly. "I better go to breakfast. Please stay safe Renity." Sailor Moon called running.

The ball started. "Endymion. Renity's in the corridor that houses Pluto's gate. She had a dream saying today she would die so this is the result." Sailor Moon whispered as they danced. He nodded and left to find Serenity. There was screaming. The Inner Senshi rushed to into the midst of the problem to see the Shitennou. The Senshi shut down. They just stared blankly as the Shitennou brought their swords down. "Clank!" A sword intercepted. They saw the Shitennou trying to defend their lovers who were very confused until they died. "The ones who attacked us aren't real. They're just demons!" Mercury yelled. The other Senshi killed the monsters but they too died because their soul mates had died. Meanwhile Prince Endymion had heard the shouts. He had rushed to help. Serenity followed refusing to be left behind. Sailor Moon had been helping the guards kill the demons but she saw the princess. "Renity!" She beat the demon and ran to the princess as the transformations wore off. "Die!" A monster snarled at Serenity. "No!" Sailor Moon pushed the princess out of harm's way and took the hit herself. "Sere! Sere! Please don't die!" Serenity sobbed. "Renity please go to Pluto. Please." Sailor Moon begged as she lay bleeding. "You will die little moon brat!" The woman with red hair and purple dress cackled. She shot a beam of dark energy their way. "No Serenity!" Endymion cried as he struggled to reach her. When the dust cleared everyone saw Sailor Moon had thrown herself in front of Serenity and died while the princess cried. "I won't miss next time." The woman snarled. She raised her scepter. "No!" This time Endymion took the shot. Beryl growled. Serenity committed suicide. "Moon Cosmic Power!" The Dark Kingdom was sealed away. The Queen lay dying. Four more Senshi teleported onto the Moon. The Inner Senshi, two of the new Senshi whom they couldn't see clearly, Serenity, Endymion, Sailor Moon, and the Shitennou's souls were sent to the future. The taller of the two Senshi left after talking to the Queen. The smallest Senshi who looked twelve lowered her glaive. Everything died and they came out of the memory lane.

"You must trust Sailor Moon. Only when you all trust her will you see my face. Trust her….." The princess faded. "The Inner Senshi have been training at the Park at midnight so be there tomorrow." Sailor Moon said taking the princess' place. Venus nodded. Sailor Moon faded and Mina and Artemis both woke up.