GIVING OF MY GOLD CRYSTAL

Chapter Six: Evil has Arrived

On top of a mountain on a desolate planet, a tall, thin, pale skinned man whose blue hair shadowed a portion of his face, leaving only one of his blue eyes visible, sat in his throne of ice, making ice minions by the dozen with little effort at all. "I need to find this shining light that warms my castle. It's the most beautiful shine I have ever seen. Now which of you are going to help me succeed in finding and obtaining this light?" he looked down at his guards, first: a beautiful dark skinned woman with long green hair that dragged on the floor and piercing red eyes, second: a shorter tan man with spikey red hair and captivating purple eyes and third: a short round pale woman with blonde hair and green eyes were bowed in front of their king. The short round woman raised her head to look up at her king, "You Majesty, please allow me, Conterous, to find this light you are looking for. In the mean time, I will collect energy to fuel your icy minions." With a smirk on his face, "then go on Conterous and find the light that I am seeking. You are all dismissed." The guards left the throne room to leave King Yuki to his thoughts. King Yuki stood from his throne and walked over to the balcony. 'Oh warm light, you will be mine soon enough. I just hope you don't melt my castle,' he chuckled and smiled to himself.

Usagi, recovering from giving birth, loves being a mother and bride to be. She has started planning the wedding from their new, 2 story, 5 bedroom, 3 bathroom house down the street from her parents. "Wow all of this planning is a lot more work than I thought Minako." Smiling, "You didn't think it was a walk in the park now did you Usagi. I mean you have seven bridesmaids and me your amazingly wonderful matron of honor." Rolling her eyes and smiling, Usagi starts looking through the wedding planning magazine that she had been reading earlier.

Seiya finally waking up at 11:00 am after a rough night shift with small lady, walks into the living room where Minako and his Ondago were sitting on the floor. "Still hitting all the books? Why not just hire that wedding planner to help you Ondago. I can easily afford it and then you can relax and just tell her what you want." Sighing and having a very nervous look on her face, "Seiya I want it to be our wedding not something someone else comes up with and since I'm a stay at home mom, per your specific request, I have so much time on my hands. and it's fun and gives me something to do. Small lady isn't big enough to tear up the house so I have the whole day to just enjoy planning and being mommy. None the less, I'm not use to spending money so easily that I'd rather spend for what we need, and save the rest for a rainy day fund." Minako nodded her head in agreement and went on talking to Usagi about the wedding. Picking the colors, flowers, placing each and every detail. Seiya didn't even have a choice in what he would get to wear, but he really didn't care as long as it is the wedding of his Ondago's dreams.

Looking through some of the wedding magazines, Minako came across an ad about a Wedding Expo coming to Tokyo and showed it to Usagi. "We should totally go and you can get ideas for the wedding and can maybe even win the dress of your dreams!" "That's a fantastic idea. We can even take small lady since I can't leave her too long with me breast feeding and all. Let's go buy the tickets today." Usagi turned to face Seiya, "Honey I know you already had a long night with small lady, but could you please keep an eye on her for about an hour while we go buy the tickets?" Smiling at her, "Of course Ondago, go do what you need to do." Feeling content, the girls left Seiya with small lady while they paid for their expo tickets.

While the girls were gone, Seiya went into the nursery where small lady had just woken up and was cooing. He picked her up to cuddle her in the rocking chair. "Small lady, you are so beautiful and look so much like your mother. She and I are so lucky to raise you. I hope that your father can see what a gorgeous girl you are becoming and I hope that he is still happy with his decision to let me take care of you and your mother." A small whisper of a voice had echoed in Seiya's head, 'Daddy already visited me and told me everything. He is proud that he picked you papa. I just hope that I can be a true princess like my mommy. I love you papa and I love daddy too. Thank you for taking care of me and mommy.' Confused, Seiya looked around. Trying to figure out where the voice had come from, he looked down at Small Lady. "Small Lady did you just speak to me?" Small lady looked up at Seiya and smiled continuing to coo. Seiya was amazed and hoped that Ondago knew what their Small Lady could do.

Rei was at the Hikawa Shrine performing her daily prayers and fortune reading in the flames. While praying, a dark cloud came into vision with lightening piercing Usagi in heart and her eyes going black. Usagi's body fell to the floor with a loud thud and did not move again. 'Oh my goddess. Usagi…..this vision can't come true. I need to talk to the other senshi and warn them to all take shifts to watch over you until we can figure out who or what is going on.' Rei ran to the phone and sent an emergency text to all of the Senshi to meet with her at the shrine. She warned Seiya not to bring Usagi or even tell her as she doesn't want to worry her and make her milk to go sour.

An hour later all of the senshi and the star lights were sitting around the fire drinking some hot oolong tea that Rei had prepared for the meeting. Seiya was confused why they would be having a senshi meeting without Usagi but knew he would be told at any moment. "Everyone, I have called you here due to a vision that I received just before I texted you. There is a new enemy and it's going to go after Usagi. The only reason I didn't ask her to come is because she is still nursing small lady." Haruka jumped up from her seat, "You mean Kitty is in danger!" "But who is it? I mean every time Usagi finally feels even remotely happy and relaxed some new enemy had to come along and ruin it for her. What plan have you come up with Rei," Minako reached over to pour herself some more tea. Rei took a deep breath, "I think that we should take shifts in teams of two, being full time security for Usagi, but it has to be without her knowing." Seiya stood up from his seat, "I am with her 90% of the day everyday so what else are we proposing? Senshi sitting outside the house down the street every night?" "Well Seiya, we will all do whatever it takes to protect our princess and future queen at all costs, so if you feel uncomfortable, get over it. This is a threat on our princess, your wife to be, so grow up and help make a game plan." "Rei I'm not trying to say that I'm uncomfortable I'm just trying to get on the same page as you. She is just as important to me as she is to you, maybe even more so. I love her with my whole being. " Minako realizing that the Expo is in the morning, "Seiya I think we should get more tickets to the Expo for the rest of the inner senshi. If something comes along while we are there, then we are going to need all the back up that we can get." "That would actually be a great idea Minako. I don't have plans tomorrow so I know I can definitely go," Rei turned to look at the rest of the senshi and Makoto and Ami confirm that they are available to attend.

After discussing their plan everyone left to go home, except for Haruka and Michiru who offered to take the first shift. "On the way to the house I will stop off to buy the extra tickets for the remainder of the inner senshi to go to the expo. See you at the house in a bit." Haruka and Michiru arrive at the house and join Usagi and her family for dinner. Later that evening, they sat at the end of the street keeping their eyes open and cuddling in Haruka'sconvertible corvette. "I'm really worried about Kitty. She just had small lady and her light has just started coming back, the last thing she needs is to worry about another enemy," Haruka looked into Michiru's eyes with concern flooded all over her face. "She is safe. She has all of us watching over her and Seiya is inside with her at all times since the band put their tour on until after the wedding and honey moon." Haruka nodded and pulled Michiru in closer to keep her warm and gently kissed her lips.

Usagi awoke to small lady crying for her morning meal. "Ok small lady, mommy is here to feed you. Are you ready to go out to your first expo today." Smiling down watching her daughter eat, Usagi thought about how much she missed Mamoru and how much he would love their daughter. 'Oh Mamo-chan, I know you did what you felt was right, and I am happy with Seiya but I still miss you greatly. I hope that you can see our beautiful daughter from where you are.' As a tear slowly fell down her cheek, Seiya came into the room and ran immediately to her side, "Ondago, are you alright? What's wrong?" "I'm sorry Seiya, I have to be honest, while looking at small lady my mind wondered to thinking about Mamo-chan and how much I wish he could meet her." Seiya smiled at her and held her and small lady close. "I understand why you feel the way you do. He is her father after all, I'm merely her papa and I know that you and Mamoru have a very strong important history. Just remember that he will always be watching over both of you just like I always will be here on Earth."

After Usagi finished feeding small lady, she got both of them ready to go out when the door bell rang. 'The girls are here earlier than I expected, unless I'm already running late!' Usagi's eyes widened and she ran to the clock to find that she is still fine on time. Seiya must have answered the door because she could here her friends voices and laughter in the other room. Just then, her bedroom door flung open and Minako was standing in the door way with a sly smirk on her face, "You mean you actually might be ready on time for once." Usagi rolled her eyes and went back to finishing her hair. Small lady was laying on the bed when Minako swept her up in her arms and ran off into the living room to show her off to everyone else. 'Oh my, that poor baby,' Usagi giggled as she rose from her seat and headed towards the living room. All the girls were sitting in a circle on the floor with small lady going from one set of arms to the next, smiling and cooing with each of her Aunts. "So are we going to eat some breakfast before we leave for the expo?" Rei stood up with small lady in her arms, "Usagi it's not always about food, but we'll eat on the way so that we can get going. Has small lady eaten yet?" Usagi nodded in confirmation and they all left.

After breakfast, the girls made their way to the expo. As they were walking into the entrance Rei was taken back with a flood of visions from the negative energy. Trying to not be noticeable, Rei texted all the girls letting them know that something was close and at the Expo. Everyone became more serious and kept a very close eye on Usagi and small lady while they were at a booth entering a raffle to win a free custom made wedding dress. Rei felt so guilty lying to Usagi and hiding something so important from her. Seeing her finally happy and relaxed has made all of the senshi happy. "Girls, we will know if I win within the next couple of hours! Can you believe if I won a free custom dress." Usagi was so giddy and smiling that she didn't notice that the girls mood had changed. Ami was happy that she didn't notice so she wouldn't get upset herself. They continued to go booth to booth looking at what was being offered and taking free samples and information so that they could all sit down for lunch and help Usagi discuss some of her planning options since she has to hurry and finish planning the wedding that's only a month away.

Makoto had an uneasy feeling looking around the expo. There were all of these manikins that were made of what looked like ice, but they weren't melting. They looked like that were just staring at everyone. 'Where did these manikins some from? I have never seen thus style before.' From her peripheral vision she swore she saw one of their heads move but rejected the idea thinking it maybe a foolish thought.

As the girls ate the announcer's voice came over the intercom, "CAN I PLEASE HAVE MS. USAGI TSUKINOGO TO THE DRESS BOOTH. SHE IS THE WINNER OF THE FREE DRESS RAFFLE." Usagi jumped up from her seat and began to scream, "I can't believe that I won. I didn't think that it would actually happen!" All of the girls went to the booth with Usagi, and as she was discussing her dress with the designer Rei could feel the negative energy surrounding them. She knew that it was close but didn't want to ruin Usagi's excitement of designing her wedding dress, so her and the other senshi decided to surround the booth keeping a close eye out on her.

Rei's visions kept coming so strong that she fell over holding her head in her hands. "REI! What is wrong?!" Ami grabbed Rei and helped her back up. "Ami, I'm really worried because my visions are getting stronger." Looking past Ami over her shoulder she saw that all of the other patrons were laying on the ground sleeping and that the manikins standing throughout the expo floor had dark auras surrounding them and they were moving. Rei looked straight to Minako, "GET USAGI AND SMALL LADY OUT OF HERE. WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THESE THUGS!" Before Minako could fully react, Rei, Makoto and Ami had already transformed and were being attacked by the manikins. She turned around to grab Usagi when she saw her being held in the air in all sorts of fabric by the wedding dress designer. "Look at this light! His majesty will be so happy with me if I bring you back to him." As Conterous was about to finish wrapping Usagi in the fabric like a cocoon, Sailor Venus' love chain whipped Conterous' hands causing her to lose her grip and Usagi fell to the floor in a heap. She was knocked out and small lady was screaming in her stroller. "You keep your hands off of her! Who do you think you are?!" Conterous, annoyed with Venus, started shooting beads and ribbons as stiff and sharp as knives in her direction. Dodging the ribbons, Venus lost her balance on the beads that fell to the floor causing her to trip and fall herself. As she fell, one of the ribbons pierced her right thigh, pinning her down to the floor.

As the scouts were fighting, Mercury put out an emergency beacon from her communicator asking the other scouts for help as they were out numbered and she could see that Usagi was still in trouble. Within minutes the outer senshi and the star lights ran into the building. Star Fighter immediately scanned the room for Usagi but ran towards small lady's crying first. When she got closer to the cries she realized that small lady was laying on the floor with an aura of bright pink surrounding her. 'Her light is almost as bright as her mothers,' ran through her mind as Star Healer grabbed her small body and ran out of the building. Star Fighter was thankful that Healer had gotten small lady out of the situation so that she could focus on finding her wife. As she started running down one aisle she hear screaming from the next aisle, and it was Mercury being pinned against the wall by five manikins as they were stripping her of her sailor uniform and piercing her with icicles throughout her limbs. To attract their attention, Neptune sent a wave of water towards the them. Succeeding in her attempt, the manikins turned from attacking Mercury and started their destruction towards Neptune. Uranus Jumped in front of her beloved and used her world shaking attack causing the manikins to fall to the ground, shattered into icicles by the shear force. Maker removed the weapons from Mercury's wounds and took her out of the aisle so she can try to help some of her wounds.

Fighter started to panic as she couldn't sense Usagi and she knew that's who the enemy was after. Hearing a loud thump from someone trying to open the emergency door, she saw Conterous dragging a cocoon of fabric along the ground behind her. The odd thing about this cocoon is that it was shining brighter and brighter until it ripped open and eternal sailor moon floated into the air, her wings extended, she opened her eyes and they were full of determination. She pulled out her eternal tiare and shouted, "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss," and her light flowed through her and the rod emitting its power against all of the manikins destroying them in a quick swoop. As Eternal Sailor moon's body slowly lowered itself to the floor, she retransformed and her body dropped into a heap as Conterous threw a pod into the air creating a portal that she fled through. 'Those sailor girls are going to be a serious problem if they keep interrupting my kidnapping.'

All of the senshi helped carry the seriously wounded out of the building and took them to Rei's shrine. Seiya had transformed back into his male form and carried Usagi with regret in his heart. He should've come with her to the Expo and taken care of her himself. 'Why are these evil things always coming after my ondago. I know her light is the brightest of all the galaxies, but can't they just leave her alone for once.' Usagi started to blink her eyes as she was awakening from using so much of her power. "Seiya, is everyone alright?," smiling down at her, "Yes, as always you protected everyone." Her eyes widened as large as they could get, "WHERE IS SMALL LADY!" Seiya came to a complete stop, "Small lady is safe. Yaten got her out of the building as soon as we got there safe. Now lets get you to Rei's shrine with the others so you can rest and get better." Usagi nodded in agreement and laid her head on his chest.

Seiya laid Usagi on Rei's bed as she slept. He didn't want to wake her as she needed to regain strength after the battle they just fought. When he kissed her head he heard Usagi talking in her sleep, "Seiya, I'm so happy that we are married. As soon as I have recovered enough and was deemed healthy enough, I want us to try for a baby." Seiya's eyes had widened hearing his ondago talk about them as she did. He kissed her again and left the room towards the fire where all of the other senshi were. Taiki and Makoto took it upon themselves to mend the wounded. Even though they knew that Ami would have done a far better job, they were proud of themselves for the care they were able to give. They all discussed a possibly new game plan now that Usagi knows there is a new negative enemy. She had to be a part of it now and they would discuss their ideas with her once she had awoken.

Taiki sat with Ami the entire evening waiting for her to awaken. He knew that it would take time, but he didn't have the patience. He hated seeing the lady that he loves being injured. Taiki grabbed something from a pocket inside of his jacket and held it in his left hand. He turned his hand to allow his palm to face up exposing the object being held. It was a tiffany blue box with a shimmering silver bow. He opened the top of the box exposing the jewel inside. It was a 6 carat princess cut diamond enclosed in a rectangular line of sapphires, locked in a solid white gold ring. 'I'm going to make this happen. I'm proposing as soon as I know she is ready.' The box closed with a snap as drops fell on the box. Tears ran freely down Taiki's face. Their relationship had become more serious and seeing her as injured as she is, he couldn't see his life continuing to exist without her.