A/N: Here's Chapter Seven, only one chapter away from the big ending! I'm so excited! Anyways, don't forget to leave a review and I hope you all enjoy this chapter!
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Chapter Seven: Love So Crystal Clear
Darkness enveloped the city of Tokyo as the Dark Kingdom's power centered on the Starlight Tower. Within the said tower stood generals Zoisite and Kunzite; both grinning wickedly as Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Moon were teleported into the building. The handcuffed duo landed on the cold marble floor with a thud, Sailor Moon slightly unconscious.
"What happened to the original plan?" bit out Tuxedo Kamen angrily, "I thought you said hat this would be between you and me."
Zoisite merely smirked.
"You're one to talk cape boy," he glanced at Sailor Moon's unmoving form, "You brought the Moon brat."
Kunzite suddenly stepped forward and placed three of the seven crystals on the floor.
"Place your crystals in the pile," he commanded.
Throwing the silver haired general the evil eye, Tuxedo Kamen tossed over his two crystals as well as Sailor Moon's.
Suddenly, Zoisite shot out an unexpected blast of negative energy, stunning Tuxedo Kamen long enough for Kunzite to teleport away with all seven Rainbow Crystals.
Upon realizing that he had been tricked, Tuxedo Kamen let out a growl loud enough to be heard in the far reaches of the Universe.
"You double crossing bastards!" he yelled, causing Sailor Moon to regain consciousness. Groggily, she focused her attention on Zoisite.
"Don't worry, the crystals will be safe, just make it to the peak of the tower for our duel…that is if you can."
With that, he teleported away, just in time for a rain of icicles to begin falling on the two heroes.
Wrapping his cape around Sailor Moon and himself, Tuxedo Kamen began to run.
"C'mon, to the elevators!" he shouted.
In the nick of time, they both fell inside the elevator, just in time to see the floor on which they had stood on mere seconds before crumble into nothingness.
As the elevator doors closed, Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen faced each other, both gasping to catch their breath.
A silence fell upon the pair, but it was then broken by another frustrated groan from Tuxedo Kamen.
"I can't believe I fell for their trap!"
He pounded his fist into the hard elevator floor.
"Now they have ALL the crystals, I've failed the Princess."
Sailor Moon remained silent but reached over and took his free hand in hers.
"It wasn't your fault Mamo-chan," she said quietly, "And you shouldn't give up, I know I won't."
Tuxedo Kamen raised his head to face her; she was giving him a small but encouraging smile.
"And I know that together we can make this right."
Wordlessly, the tuxedo clad man nodded and pulled her into his arms.
"Just promise me one thing Usako," he whispered into her ear, "Promise me that you won't get hurt, promise me that you'll let me protect you like I've always have."
The blonde heroine's eyes moistened slightly. "I promise," she whispered back, tilting her head slightly so her lips could meet his in a tender kiss.
Pulling away, she gazed into his sapphire-like eyes as did he.
"Nothing will go wrong," she whispered reassuringly.
But in her head she was saying a silent prayer, 'I hope.'
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"Got anything Mercury?" asked Sailor Jupiter anxiously.
The blue haired genius nodded as she continued to click away at her Mercury Mini Computer.
"It appears that the interior of the tower is a completely different dimension, handiwork of the Dark Kingdom no doubt."
The ice senshi heaved a great sigh and clicked her visor off.
"And as for tracking Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Moon, they seem to be in some sort of elevator headed towards the top of the tower," she gave the other senshi a grim look, "We have to get in there, but the chances are slim, we could take hours just finding our way in."
Sailor Jupiter threw her brown ponytail over her shoulder and cracked her knuckles.
"Piece of cake, why don't we just try the main entrance?"
Sailor Mercury opened her mouth to protest, but Sailor Jupiter was already powering up her attack.
"JUPITER THUNDER, CRASH!"
A wave of thunder and lightning flew towards the door and dented the doors open.
"Never underestimate the power of Jupiter!" exclaimed Sailor Jupiter giddily.
The other three senshi simply gaped open mouthed.
"Wow, great shot Mako-chan!" complimented Sailor Venus.
"Um guys?" interrupted Sailor Mercury, "I'll admit, it was a great attack, but we're kind of in a hurry here?"
"Oh, right!" answered the girls sheepishly.
Without wasting another second, the four inner senshi bolted into the room.
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Scene: elevator, hours later…
"Usagi wake up! We're nearing the top," said Tuxedo Kamen as he gently shook her awake.
The blonde's eyes fluttered open almost immediately
"Don't worry I'm ready for anything," she said determinedly, "Time to kick Zoisite's little ass"
The elevator finally came to a stop.
Tuxedo Kamen pulled Sailor Moon closer one last time.
"For good luck," he said, and then captured her lips in a searing kiss.
Just as he pulled away, the doors opened to reveal Zoisite standing at the far end of a vast room.
"Welcome, ready to duel?" he greeted.
The two heroes merely nodded curtly.
Zoisite then noticed the shiny metal handcuffs that kept Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen inseparable.
A slow grin spread across his face, "Here, let's make this a fair fight."
He then sent out a wave of dark energy towards them, but instead of harming them, it hit the metal around their wrists and broke it into piece.
Sailor Moon and Tuxedo Kamen looked and the now broken handcuffs on the floor, then at Zoisite.
"Don't say I didn't make this an easy fight," was all the general said.
Sailor Moon eyed the general suspiciously, something about him seemed suspicious. She then noticed that he was holding something behind his back.
The sound of Tuxedo Kamen's voice broke her concentration.
"Stay to the side," he was saying.
Sailor Moon opened her mouth to protest, but he placed a gloved finger over her lips.
"Please trust me," he said quietly.
Reluctantly, she nodded and moved off to the side.
Before she knew it, Zoisite's ice spear was clashing against Tuxedo Kamen's cane. She watched breathlessly as both men blocked each blow that came their way. They seemed evenly matched until Zoisite managed to knock Tuxedo Kamen to the ground. The Dark Kingdom general smirked maliciously at his handiwork. Seeing her hero on the ground, Sailor Moon ran forward and dropped to her knees in front of him.
"Tuxedo Kamen, are you all right?!" she asked worriedly.
The tuxedo clad man nodded wordlessly as he tried to get his vision to clear. He was about to tell Sailor Moon to go back to where she had been standing, when out of the corner of his eye, he saw Zoisite's spear lunge towards her.
"Sailor Moon watch out!" he shouted.
Instinctively, he pushed her to the ground and got in front of her, taking Zoisite's merciless blow.
His eyes widened as searing pain exploded from the injury now on his back. Slowly, he closed his eyes and slumped forward into Sailor Moon's arms. Zoisite watched from a distance as Sailor Moon cradled Tuxedo Kamen's head in her lap.
"Idiotic human," he muttered, "The blow was meant for you not him, Queen Beryl will be most displeased."
Zoisite's words went unheard by Sailor Moon. The distraught Moon senshi tried unsuccessfully to wake the man on her lap.
"Tuxedo Kamen? Mamoru? Please wake up!" she begged as she shook his arms lightly.
Slowly, his azure eyes opened slightly.
"Sailor Moon, Usako, get out of here while you still can," his eyes closed once more, "Don't worry about me."
With his last bit of energy, he conjured one final rose.
"A rose for my true rose," he said, and with that, his arm fell limply to the ground.
Sailor Moon's eyes brimmed with tears as she took his hand, the rose still between his and hers.
"No Mamo-chan!" she sobbed, "You can't leave me alone, I LOVE YOU!"
A single crystalline tear rolled down her cheek and slid down towards the cold floor. Before it hit the ground, the tear crystallized and began to glow. Somewhere in another part of the tower, Kunzite was keeping a close eye on the crystals, but suddenly all seven Rainbow Crystal began to pulsate with a vibrant light and began to float away.
"What's this?!" he roared.
Slowly, the crystal's glow intensified as they neared sailor Moon. Just as they reached her, so did the Sailor senshi. Everyone in the room watched speechless as the Rainbow Crystals surrounded the crystal tear drop and began to slowly merge into one.
"The Ginzuishou, it has finally appeared!" exclaimed Sailor Venus as she sighed in relief.
As the Silver Crystal formed, its light consumed Sailor Moon, bringing her to float in the air. Slowly, her sailor fuku was replaced with a flowing white and gold gown and white pearls replaced the red jewels in her hair. Finally, a golden crescent moon sigil on her forehead appeared, marking her as the one and only, Princess Serenity.
As the silver Crystal came in contact with the Crescent Moon Wand, Serenity's crescent moon began to glow, and just how Queen Serenity had one with Minako, a beam hit each of the remaining senshi, returning their past memories.
Finally the glow subsided and Serenity came to kneel next to Tuxedo Kamen once more, his head once again resting in her lap.
"Endymion, please wake," she spoke, her voice now holding a regal tone, as she took a delicate hand and caressed his face lovingly.
Slowly, Tuxedo Kamen's eyes fluttered open, his midnight blue eyes taking in her sapphire ones.
""I found you," he whispered unbelievingly as he raised a hand and touched her angelic face, "All this time you were right beside me."
Serenity nodded, a small smile gracing her face.
"Do you remember?" she asked, "I am the Moon Princess and you are the Earth Prince, we were lovers when the Silver Millennium fell."
Tuxedo Kamen nodded, "Yes, I remember, we had sworn eternal love to one another that tragic night."
He closed his eyes as the vivid images of his past life flashed before is eyes.
"That night, Queen Beryl's Dark Army attacked the Moon Kingdom, we both died trying to stay together."
Serenity smile sadly, "Yes, but now we have found one another once more, we can now live our lives happily."
Zoisite had been watching the entire ordeal from behind a pillar.
"That's what you think Princess," he said stepping out from behind his hiding spot, "You may have awakened and you may have the Ginzuishou but you are still no match for the Dark Kingdom's power!"
Without another word, he conjured a massive ball of energy and aimed it at the Moon Princess. Serenity simply lifted up a hand and deflected the attack easily. Zoisite gasped as did the others, never before had they seen the blonde wield so much power.
"Tell your Queen that when she's ready, I'll be ready, time o end this once and for all," said Serenity coldly.
Suddenly a cold cruel cackle filled the room as a chilling breeze swirled about. A figure emerged from the shadows of the dark vast room. It was a woman, dark long red curls and vibrant ruby eyes contrasted horribly with her scandalous purple dress and deathly white skin.
"Well well Serenity, you sound awfully confident, tell me, what makes you think you can defeat me this time?" said none other than Queen Beryl.
Tuxedo Kamen stood and helped Serenity to her feet.
"I'm not the same naïve person I used to be Beryl," said Serenity, her blue orbs ablaze, "And I'm not alone, I've got people who care about me by my side."
The sorceress glanced at the man who stood next to the Princess and gasped. His mask had fallen long ago, and now without it, Beryl was able to recognize him.
"Endymion, you are deciding to side with the Moon tramp again? I'm really disappointed in you. You should have learned that all she ever brings you is misery and pain."
Tuxedo Kamen glared at Beryl hatefully and put his arm around Serenity.
"You know I would never join you Beryl," he growled, "I will always stay true to Serenity no matter what."
The vile redhead turned her glowering gaze towards Serenity.
"You've taken everything from me for the last time Serenity," she hissed through clenched teeth, "But no matter, once I'm through with you, I'll have everything you hold so dear and precious, starting with your beloved Prince."
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A/N: That wraps up chap 7, I guess I managed to update faster than I thought!
Anyways, I don't know how long it will take me to get chap 8 out, so for the meantime I hope you all enjoyed this one, and don't forget, reviews are always welcome!
Peace, Love, and Joy; Shadow's Moon Hime