Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or it's Characters. The Character of Ryoku/Jason belongs to Jason C. Ulloa who is the author of Sailor Moon AR: The Earth Scout Chronicles. This story is based on his work so please don't steal this or his work unless you ask us. Please enjoy this different version of his story. Titles of the chapters are from Jason C. Ulloa's story.

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A Sailor Moon Story: Revised:

Book 1

By Thunderbird

Silver Millennium

Chapter 8

'The End and the Beginning'

Princess Serenity was once again standing out on the balcony, staring up at the Earth again. She really didn't feel like attending the ball that was going on inside.

The music and laughter from inside were barely audible. It didn't matter for her though; she was waiting for someone. She wasn't sure how she knew that he would be coming; she only knew that he was coming. That was all that really mattered anyway.

"Serenity," a voice called out to her. She looked down from the balcony towards the one who had called out to her. It was him, the one she had been waiting for.

"Endymion," she answered back. "Oh, finally you are here."

"I have bad news, Princess," Endymion said.

"You cannot come to the ball?" she asked, although she already suspected that it would be something worse than that. **Oh, please let me be wrong.…**, She thought worriedly.

"If it were only that, Serenity," he said, sadly. "Terrible things have happened on Earth. An evil tyrant named Queen Beryl has taken over there. She has corrupted many of my people by turning them into hideously deformed warriors loyal only to her. She has also managed to gain Zoisite's help who was dismissed from my palace due to her temper and unwillingness to train with the rest of us. Along with that, they have also managed to clone my Royal Guard which makes them even more dangerous!"

"They forced us to fight our own people, Serenity," he said with a profound sadness in his voice.

"How terrible," she replied sadly, her heart broken at seeing her beloved in such emotional pain. "I'm sorry…."

"This Queen Beryl appeared out of nowhere. No one knows where she came from, and she's made Zoisite as well as for her other warriors incredibly strong. Perhaps even unbeatable." Endymion informed her.

Suddenly, some of the palace guards appeared, fully armed.

"Who goes there?" one of them shouted.

Endymion turned towards them in surprise. "Listen," he said quickly to Serenity, "I'd better go." He then ran off in the opposite direction of the guards, who quickly ran after him.

"Endymion!" she called out as he ran off. "Oh, they must suspect everyone from Earth." **Under the circumstances, I could understand, but they should know better than to suspect Endymion of being a spy.**, She glanced in the direction that Endymion and the guards ran down. **I hope they don't catch him.…**

She quickly left the balcony and ran down the stairs, hoping to get to Endymion before the guards did. As she hurried down the stairs, a hand reached out to hers.

"Princess, may I have this dance?" asked a voice similar to that of Endymion's.

She turned to the speaker and saw him dressed in a black tuxedo and cape, and wearing a white mask that covered his eyes.

"Could be our last one," he said.

"I'm so happy that you came back," she said, as he took her hand and drew her close to him.

"I needed to have one last dance with you," he said as he led her to the dance floor. They began to dance.

"I'm afraid that all of this will change, Serenity," he told her sadly. "Beryl's more dangerous than we all thought. She'll more than likely be setting her sights here very soon."

"The Moon?" she asked apprehensively.

"Yes," he replied grimly. "Beryl plans to take over the whole universe, and to do that, she must first conquer the Moon. You must prepare for the worst, Serenity."

She stopped dancing and leaned against him, absorbing the news. It was terrible news, indeed. She didn't know what to say. No wonder her Mother never told her about this.

**She didn't want me to have to worry about it. She must've been too busy preparing for this to have anybody else tell me anyway.**, She began to worry to herself. **Why didn't he tell me this before? Was it because he didn't want me to worry, either? Maybe it was because he had hurried back to Earth the moment he heard that it was being threatened. Oh, this is just so terrible. His home has been taken from him and now my home is being threatened with destruction.…**

"Your mother knows that my men and I are not spies," he said, interrupting her thoughts. She looked up at him. "She has asked us to help defend her kingdom," he said and drew her closer to him.

They just stood there, both giving and receiving each other's support. Serenity felt as thought these were going to be the last moments of her life. Perhaps they were.

They were running short on time and that was what Sailor Knight needed to get used to his new powers. The other Scouts had been a tremendous help in giving him a thorough, if a bit rushed, training session similar to what they had gone through. Fortunately, he was a quick learner and the training he had had in other areas helped as well.

He had already gotten accustomed to the speed that he could now swing his swords. Before that, he had often ended up lying flat on his face from constantly overreaching his mark. His strength, according to Luna, had doubled just like the other Scouts, or so he had discovered when he leaped a little too high and far, and ended up literally kissing the wall. The resulting headache vanished quickly, though. Now, he was working on controlling his power, which was taking the most time to get used to.

"Earth…," he began, as he brought his outstretched arms and hands together. Both of his hands had their first and second fingers extended outward. As he slowly pulled his hands apart, a large spike of earth and stone began to form between them. Slowly, he brought the spike around to where it was over his shoulder with the tip pointing towards his target. "...thrust!" he finished, and threw the spike with his right hand, while only moving the left hand out of the way. The spike flew straight on target and hit the stone block in front of him, this time splitting it in two evenly down the middle.

"There, I think I've got it now," Knight said with a grin to the others behind him.

To his chagrin, they looked more relieved than excited. In a way, that was to be expected, since his last errant shot had accidentally pinned Mercury to the wall by her skirt. Luckily, she wasn't upset with him. Surprised, but not upset. All she did was smile a little unsteadily and say, "You missed."

He completely understood when she and the others chose to remain behind him while he practiced using his power. He didn't want to repeat the same accident, or worse.

"I think Mercury has a crush on our young prince!" Uranus whispered to Neptune.

"I think you're right, but I think we ought to let them learn about their feelings for themselves." Neptune returned.

"Now, I'm ready." He suddenly informed the others with a satisfied look on his face.

"Are you sure about that Ryoku?" Sailor Sun asked with a raised eyebrow.

"I'm sure," he replied. "Remember, I've already had some of the training you all went through. All I needed was to learn how to use and control my powers. Now, is everyone else ready?"

The other fifteen Scouts all nodded their heads in agreement.

"Well," Mars said as she turned to look out the window, "we won't have long to wait."

As one, the other fifteen Scouts turned to see what Mars was looking at. The Earth was suddenly covered with a dark and foreboding shadow, turning its color from a beautiful light blue to a threatening grayish purple. A large black fog was slowly growing around the planet and was quickly heading in their direction.

"It is time," Luna said.

"This is it, Scouts," Artemis said. "If you don't stop them here, the Moon Kingdom is finished."

"And they may go after my Kingdom next!" Sailor Sun stated as a frown crossed her face.

"Then let's go show them that they can't beat us twice!"

Jupiter said as she and the other Scouts headed out the door.

"Be careful, everyone!" Luna called after them.

"Let's hope they come back alive, Luna," Artemis said.

"That's all we can do for them," she added sadly. "We'd better go sound the alarm."

As the group was making it's way towards the Palace Gates, Sailor Knight decided that it was time for him to inform Sailor Mercury about a very important matter that he had been thinking about lately.

"Sailor Mercury, wait a minute!" Knight shouted.

She came to a stop and turned to face him as he ran up to her.

"What's wrong?" she asked, concerned.

"There's something I have to tell you… in case… something should happen to either one of us," he said.

"You mustn't think like that," she replied. "You have to think positively. Nothing is going to happen to any of us. We won't lose this time. We have the full complement of Sailor Scouts from both the Sun Kingdom and the Moon Kingdom. Plus we still have the added help of your brother along with Prince Judai as well and maybe even Deimos if he plans to protect Princess Hikari from danger as well!"

"Yes, I know… but, still," he continued, reaching out and taking her hands in his, "even with me there, something still might happen." He slowly drew her close to him. "I don't want to lose you."

"Ryoku…," she said softly as she laid her head on his shoulder and held him tightly. She tried to find some comfort in his embrace, despite knowing that there was still a good chance that she, the other Sailor Scouts and everybody else might die today should they fail. "…I don't want to lose you, either."

He put one hand under her chin and slowly lifted her head so that he could see her face. Her blue eyes never looked more beautiful to him than they did right then. He moved his head forward to kiss her, going slowly so that she could move away if she wanted. When she didn't move away, he finally closed the distance between them.

"We'd better hurry if we're going to join the others," he murmured when they finished. He reluctantly released her from his embrace, noticing that she was just as reluctant to leave it.

"All right, let's go," she said and followed him as they went to catch up with the others.

"Oh, Endymion, I cannot believe this is happening," Serenity said sadly. They had left the ballroom and were on a different balcony from the one Serenity had left.

"Queen Beryl's relentless and she'll destroy absolutely everything that's in her way to get exactly what she wants," Endymion said, taking her hand in his. "I'll fight as hard as I can, but you must know I might not come back. I just hope you know how much you mean to me."

"Of course, I do, Endymion," she said as tears began to form in her eyes.

"You're in my heart, always," he said, gazing deeply into her eyes.

"And you will always be in mine," she answered.

Slowly, tenderly, they embraced and kissed. The tears that formed in her eyes slowly began to run down her cheeks.

The darkness that had emerged from the Earth was now rapidly beginning to close in on the Moon Palace. From this darkness, Queen Beryl's warriors were charging forward, roaring savagely. Luna and Artemis ran through the ballroom sounding the call to arms.

"We're under attack! We're under attack!" Luna shouted.

"Get ready for battle!" Artemis shouted. "We need everyone we can get to fight!"

Within moments, all of the people in the ballroom had vacated, off to find whatever they could use in defense of their kingdom and their home. Prince Judai entered the room and look for his younger brother. When he spotted him over with Princess Hikari, he went over to them rather quickly.

"Deimos, I am going to join in the fight in order to protect our home! I want you to look after Hikari and Serenity for Ariana and me." Judai said with a stern yet pleading voice.

"Of course brother," Deimos said with a nod of his head. "you know I'd never let anything happen to either one of them. Just be careful! I don't want to have to tell Ariana that you died in battle!"

"I will Deimos! Now I'd better go." Judai said before turning and leaving the room, while thinking, **Though I have a feeling that both Ariana and I may die tonight for some reason! I just have to hope that this feeling is wrong!**

Down on the Earth, a despondent Quartzite watched as the invasion army set off to destroy the Moon Kingdom.

**It's hardly fair! All of her strongest warriors are off to lay waste to the Moon Palace and I'm stuck here like some common guard assigned to protect the Queen's latest conquest!**, he thought petulantly with some contempt. **The commander of the armies should not have to be treated this way! I should be out there destroying the Moon Palace with everyone else.**, He sighed with deep resentment.

No matter how much he complained to himself, he knew he would always follow Queen Beryl's orders. At least, until he could find an opportunity to finally prove his worth to his Queen, once and for all!

A dark black cloud spread throughout the clear starlit sky, blocking the perfect view of the Earth that was once one of the most treasured sights. An ominous and foreboding shadow began to cover the face of the Moon, where no such thing had any right to be. From out of the shadow, came the hordes of Queen Beryl's army.

"Look, here they come!" Knight said, pointing to his left. In that direction, the Scouts could see the seven Shadow Warriors approaching.

"Time to even the score," Jupiter said, pounding a fist into her other hand.

"I agree! It's time to send these creeps packing!" Uranus hisses as she slams one of her fists into the palm of her other hand as well.

"This time we have all sixteen Sailor Scouts instead of fifteen!" Mars added.

"We'll beat them this time for sure!" Venus declared confidently.

"Be careful everyone! Do not get over confident in your powers." Sailor Sun said which earned nodes from her Guardians.

"Sailor Sun is correct! It could be the quickest way to our deaths!" Sailor Pluto exclaimed agreeing with the Sun princess.

"Are you ready for this, Ryoku?" Mercury asked Knight concernedly. "We did rush your training a bit."

"I'm ready, Ami. Don't worry," he replied confidently. "I won't let you down. I promise."

"Everybody ready?" Mars asked.

"Ready!" came the unanimous reply.

As the first of the Shadow Warriors attacked, the Scouts scattered in different directions and surrounded them.

"Mercury Shabon spray!"

A thick mist covered the area, reducing visibility.

"Mars Fire soul!"

"Earth thrust!"

The powers of Mars and Knight combined to produce a flaming spike of stone that struck down two of the Shadow Warriors.

"Mercury Shabon spray!"

"Jupiter Supreme thunder!"

"Venus Crescent beam!"

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

"Pluto Deadly Scream!"

"Sun Starlight Blaze!"

"Aries Inferno Daggers Strike!"

"Leo Razor Fangs!"

"Scorpio Flower Gatling!"

"Capricorn Darklight Screech!"

"Aquarius Ice Twister!"

A combined attacks of bubbles, fire, lightning, plant, light energy struck two more of the dark creatures. When the attack ceased, one was still standing. The other one wasn't.

"Look out!" Venus yelled.

One of the Shadow Warriors was heading straight for Sailor Mercury from behind. She hadn't noticed yet and it was beginning to close in on her.

"Keep away from her!" Knight yelled, leaping at the dark creature with both of his swords drawn.

"You heard him, Shadow Monster!" Uranus yelled out in anger. "World Shaking!"

Knight reached the Shadow Warrior before the Golden ball of energy. As he swung his swords, the Golden ball energy attack connected with them, causing them to glow with power. The golden glowing swords slashed right through the dark creature causing it, itself to glow in an ominous light. The monster stopped moving and looked down at itself as if it was trying to figure out why it was glowing. It then looked up and sneered at both Uranus and Earth Knight. Suddenly, the creature coughed up what looked like some black substance and he began to split in half. The creature then fell to the ground where it promptly turned into nothing but so much dust.

"I think we got one!" he said ecstatically, pumping his arm in the air in triumph.

"I'll say, we got one! Uranus and Earth Knight turned it into a pile of dust." Mars said amazed.

"It just goes to show that we have what it takes to finally win this battle." Uranus said with a smug grin.

"I've got to say, that was an interesting way to do it too." Sailor Sun said with a smirk on her face.

"No kidding! I think Terrance would be kind of jealous that he wasn't with us to see it." Aries said with a sly smile.

"Yea, it's too bad he's off with Judai, Endymion and Endymion's four remaining Generals." Scorpio said with a small laugh.

"Can we please get back to the matter at hand?!" Capricorn asked with a raised eyebrow as she stared at the two other girls.

"Sorry!" Aries and Scorpio exclaimed in unison.

"Anyway," Jupiter said with a pleased smile on her face. "At least that's one down and six to go!" She then turned towards the nearest Shadow Warrior and readied her power. "Jupiter Supreme thunder!"

An idea suddenly struck Knight as he threw one of his swords at the same Shadow Warrior that Jupiter aimed for. Since it was facing away from him, the sword struck and sunk deeply into its back moments before Jupiter's lightning bolt hit. The lightning bolt struck the Shadow Warrior and the sword, electrocuting the monster inside and out. When the attack ceased, the Shadow Warrior fell face down onto the ground, unmoving.

"Well," Knight said, grinning, "that's two."

"It would appear that when our attacks are combined with Ryoku's swords, they amplify our attacks slightly through his swords." Pluto said amazed.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Sailor Leo asked with a smug grin on her face.

The five remaining Shadow Warriors regrouped and prepared to face the Scouts as best they could. The Sailor Scouts themselves, had to split up in an odd way in order to face the evil creatures before them. They each broke up into five groups, four groups containing three members and one group containing four members of their teams. For a few moments, the two groups merely glared at each other, as each Scout stared unflinchingly into the baleful crimson eyes of the Shadow Warriors. Then the tableau was broken by an explosion of movement as each combatant moved at the same time.

Mercury, Earth Knight and Jupiter each leaped to the side before one of the remaining Shadow Warriors could pounce on anyone of them. "Mercury Shabon spray!", "Earth Thrust!", "Jupiter Supreme Thunder!" All three Scouts yelled as the same time as they got to their feet. All three attacks missed their target, due to the fact that the dark creature jumped to dodge their attacks. As the creature was up in the air, the three heroes, fired off another volley of attacks which all scored a direct hit and knocked the Shadow Warrior out of the air.

Over with Sailors Mars, Venus and Uranus, they weren't having such luck. The three Scouts were having trouble hitting their opponent, due to the fact that it was moving at a very high speed. "Mars Fire Soul!" "Venus Crescent Beam!" "Uranus World Shaking!" Mars, Venus, and Uranus yelled sending out their attacks only to have their attacks miss by a short margin.

"Aaaahhh! I can't believe we've missed that creep yet again!" Sailor Mars yelled.

"Calm down, Mars! We just have to keep trying and eventually we'll take it down!" Uranus said with a stern look on her face.

"Maybe if we attack it from two sides instead of from only one, we might be able to not only stop it in it's tracks but also put it down!" Mars suggested.

"Good idea, Mars!" Venus said with a smile.

"Yes that just may work." Uranus said with an approving smile on her face.

"Then let's do this!" Mars said as each of them surrounded their target and then, "Mars Fire Soul!" "Venus Crescent Beam!" "Uranus World Shaking!" rang out over the battle field. All three attacks finally managed to strike their target sending it flying away from them.

"I really enjoyed that." Mars said with a smirk. Both Uranus and Venus nodded in agreement.

Neptune, Saturn and Pluto who were facing off against their own Shadow Warrior was having just as much difficulty as Mars, Uranus, and Venus had with their own Shadow Warrior. Both Pluto and Neptune both launched both of their powerful attacks while Saturn stuck out with her mighty Scythe at the vile creature. Saturn's Scythe managed to leave a large gash in one of the Shadow Creatures, but unfortunately, both Neptune's and Pluto's attacks missed due to the fact that the creatures were moving as fast as the Shadow Creature that faced off against Mars, Uranus and Venus. It was at this moment that Saturn caught the strategy that Mars, Uranus and Venus had employed to win against their Shadow Warrior.

"Pluto-sama, Uranus-sama along with Venus and Mars seem to have come up with a working strategy that seems to have at least knocked their shadow Warrior away from the for the moment." Saturn said pointed towards the scouts in question.

"Then by all means, let us employ the same strategy as they did." Pluto said which earned a nod from the other two girls. Then as one each scout called out their attacks, "Pluto Deadly Scream!" "Neptune Deep Submerge!" "Saturn Death Rebirth Revolution!"

Much like when Mars, Uranus, and Venus' attacks all converged and slammed into the Shadow Warrior they were facing, Pluto, Neptune and Saturn's attacks had the same effect. The Shadow Warrior was blown back to where it slammed into its fellow creature that Mars, Uranus and Venus had already pushed back, appearing to knock them out for the time being.

"I must say, that was a cleaver strategy that the others came up with." Neptune said with a smile on her face.

"Yes and it looks like all of us Moon Kingdom Scouts have seemed to knock out all the Shadow Warriors that we've had to go up against." Pluto said with a nod.

"Do you think the Sun Kingdom Scouts will be able to pull off wins against their own Shadow Warriors?" Saturn asked worriedly.

"Only time will tell." Pluto said as she gazed off into space.

"I hope the boys are doing as good as we are." Neptune suddenly brought up.

"Well, due to the fact that they mainly have to deal with the foot soldiers, we may yet win this battle; however, since I am not at the Time Gates, I am unaware as to what the outcome of our battle may be." Pluto answered.

Meanwhile over with the team that was made up of Sailors Sun, Aries and Sailor Leo were also facing off against a Shadow Warrior, however, unlike the two teams of Mars, Uranus and Venus as well as Pluto, Saturn and Neptune, they were having a much better time of beating the Shadow Warrior they were up against. "Sun Starlight Blaze!" "Aries Inferno Daggers Strike!" "Leo Razor Fangs!" All three Scouts yelled as they sent out their attacks towards the Shadow Warrior. Even though Sailor Sun's attack missed the creature, it did cause the creature to land in the path of the other two attacks which slammed right into it causing it to fall to what they assumed was it's knees before it fell flat on it's face.

"Hm, that seemed a little two easy." Sailor Sun said with a frown.

"At least we got it." Aries said even though she didn't believe her own words.

It was then that the Moon Kingdom Scouts walked up to Sailor Sun and her two teammates.

"How did you three do?!" Sailor Knight asked looking between the three.

"We beat it down fast; however, we feel that it was too easy of a defeat." Sailor Sun said.

"It might have been, but we'll have to wait to be sure." Pluto said with a thoughtful smile. "In the meantime, might I suggest that we go help the last team finish off their own Shadow Creature."

"Good idea come on!" Sailor Knight stated as he and the others ran off in the direction that the last Shadow Warrior was being fought by the last team of scouts.

When the group of Scouts got to their destination, what they found was not very good. Sailor Libra was bending over Sailor Aquarius while Sailors Capricorn and Scorpio were trying to fend off the Shadow Warrior that appeared to have managed to gotten an attack unleashed against Aquarius who was now in bad shape.

"Looks like we're going to need to get in there and deal with this while Libra finishes healing Aquarius." Sailor Knight said looking over the scene.

"Then what are we waiting for?" Aries asked.

"Since this is the last Shadow Warrior, why don't we attack it all together?" Sailor Jupiter suggested with a sly smile on her face.

"Works for me." Mars said with a shrug.

"Well then, let's go ahead and do this!" Sailor Knight said with a nod, before the entire group launched forward.

"Earth Thrust!"

"Mars Fire Soul!"

"Venus Crescent Beam!"

"Mercury Shabon Spray!"

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

"Saturn Death, Rebirth Revolution!"

"Pluto Deadly Scream!"

"Sun Starlight Blaze!"

"Aries Inferno Daggers Strike!"

"Leo Razor Fangs!"

When both Sailors Scorpio and Capricorn saw their attacks headed for the creature, they too decided to add their own powers to the mix. "Scorpio Flower Gatling!" "Capricorn Darklight Screech!" the two girls yelled as they sent their own powers out at the creature. When all eleven powers converged right before hitting the Shadow Warrior, they became a flaming multicolored spike of stone with bubbles and a golden chain revolving around it. When the attack hit, it caused the creature causing it to fly backwards a few hundred feet away from them, where it landed in a pile with two of it's fellow creatures. After that was done, Sailors Libra and Aquarius who was finally healed joined the group.

"Well that looks like another one's bit the dust." Sailor Aries said with an exhausted smile.

"How many Shadow Creatures do we have left?" Mercury asked trying to get the conversation back on track.

"Two." Venus informed her blue haired friend.

"That's what I thought," she said, nodding to herself.

"And speaking of which," Mars said, turning to look to her right, "here they come again."

"Looks like your get your chance yet, Uranus!" Venus teased.

"Enough, Venus!" Knight ordered with a stern look.

"Sorry!" Venus said as she and the others turned towards the Shadow Warrior.

As the group of Scouts continued to look in the direction that Mars had pointed, they saw the last two Shadow Warriors charging right at them.

"Hm, what should we do about these two late comers?" Sailor Sun said as she stared down the last of the Shadow Warriors that were making their way towards them.

"I've got an idea! Everybody, hit them at once!" Venus shouted.

"Mercury Shabon spray!"

"Mars Fire soul!"

"Jupiter Supreme thunder!"

"Venus Crescent beam!"

"Earth thrust!"

"Uranus World Shaking!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!"

"Saturn Death, Rebirth Revolution!"

"Pluto Dead Scream!"

"Sun Starlight Blaze!"

"Aries Inferno Daggers Strike!"

"Leo Razor Fangs!"

"Scorpio Flower Gatling!"

"Capricorn Darklight Screech!"

"Aquarius Ice Twister!"

The fifteen attacks combined into one massive attack that pounded the last two Shadow Warriors flat. Neither one got up after that.

"I think that's the last of them!" Sailor Knight said.

"We did it! We won!" Mars shouted as they others began to shout in triumph.

"That felt so good!" Uranus stated with a smirk.

"Oh Uranus!" Neptune exclaimed causing everyone to laugh.

The sky slowly grew darker as a cold wind suddenly began to blow from out of nowhere. Without warning, seven dark green bolts of dark energy shot down from the sky, striking all seven of the fallen Shadow Warriors simultaneously.

"Um guys this doesn't look good!" Sailor Scorpio exclaimed in fear.

"I've got to agree with Scorpio on this!" Sailor Aquarius stated.

"What's happening?" Mercury asked anxiously.

"I'm guessing that Beryl's taking a more active role in this battle," Knight seethed.

"That can't be good." Sailor Aries said annoyed.

"I tend to agree Aries." Sailor Sun said with a nod.

As the scouts all watched, each of the seven revived Shadow Warrior converged onto one spot, where an explosion of dark energy engulfed them. When the dark energy dissipated, a huge version of the Shadow Warriors stood in their place.

"I don't like the looks of that thing," Mars said nervously.

"If we all combine our powers, we can beat this thing!" Jupiter shouted encouragingly.

"Jupiter's right!" Sailor Venus added. "Everybody ready?"

"Ready!" the rest shouted in unison.

"Mercury Shabon spray!"

"Mars Fire soul!"

"Jupiter Supreme thunder!"

"Venus Crescent beam!"

"Earth thrust!"

"Uranus World shaking!"

"Neptune Deep submerge!"

"Saturn Death, Rebirth Revolution!"

"Pluto Dead Scream!"

"Sun Starlight Blaze!"

"Aries Inferno Daggers Strike!"

"Leo Razor Fangs!"

"Scorpio Flower Gatling!"

"Capricorn Darklight Screech!"

"Aquarius Ice Twister!"

Once again, the fifteen attacks merged into one gigantic attack and hit the enormous form dead center. The giant creature was unharmed by the attack. In fact, it seemed to be amused.

"Uh-oh…," Knight muttered apprehensively.

"Guys Be careful!" Sailor Libra yelled as she ran over to the group.

"Libra, what are you doing here? I know you helped out Scorpio, Capricorn and Aquarius, but that was only cause you were the last one to choose a group, and you only have healing powers. There's nothing you could do here." Sailor Sun reprimanded their defensive powered scout.

"I'm sorry Sailor Sun, but I just had to stick it out with you guys." Libra said looking towards the ground in shame.

"There's nothing we can do about it now Sailor Sun. She's here now." Aries said with a shrug.

"Right!" Sailor Sun stated with a sigh.

"Do you think my barrier could help protect everyone from harm." Saturn asked worried for all her friends.

"I think it's too late for that!" Pluto stated looking up at the giant Shadow Creature.

"PATHETIC HUMANS!" the creature laughed in a hideously demonic voice, "I WILL DESTROY YOU!"

Screams were ripped from sixteen separate throats as the Sailor Scouts were blasted several feet from where they were standing.

Knight found himself sprawled on his back, slowly losing consciousness. Trying to sit up was almost impossible. He was so weak he could only move his head. He felt very, very tired, almost as if he wanted to go to sleep. He forced himself to stay awake as he turned his head to look around him. He saw that the other Scouts were sprawled out in a similar fashion, like he was. He saw Sailor Saturn wrapped in Sailor Uranus' arms in a protective embrace. Their Scout uniforms were scorched very badly by the blast. Looking at himself, he noticed that he had received similar treatment and his uniform was scorched just as badly. He also noticed that one of his swords was missing.

Slowly, he began to realize, to his shock and dismay, that the others weren't breathing. They had all died, and he was the only one still alive.

**No. No! NO!!! They can't be dead! They can't! How can they be dead if I'm still alive? Minako…Rei…Makoto…Ami…Haruka…Michiru…Hotaru…Setsuna…Ariana….Sakura….Yesmine….Maranda….Melody….Meilin….Melannie….please, don't be dead… PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD!!!**, He yelled in his mind not wanting to believe what he was seeing.

As Knight drifted further into unconsciousness, he began to realize that he, too, must be dying.

**I guess I didn't make it after all. Not that it matters anymore. They're all dead now. At least I can join them. Wait for me everyone… I'm coming with you.…**, He continued to think as a soft smile graced his bloody lips.

Slowly, he gave into the exhaustion that threatened to overwhelm him. Slowly, he closed his eyes and joined his friends, teammates, and loved ones in death.

Meanwhile, elsewhere on the battlefield, Endymion's four remaining Generals as well as for Prince Judai and Prince Terrance were all still in the midst of fighting when suddenly, Akiyama saw what looked like a huge shadow-like creature heading straight for them. Looking around her, she noticed that the invaders had abruptly retreated from the battle. Only she, her fellow Generals the Prince's of the Moon and Jupiter as well as their troops were still there.

**What's going on? Why did they just retreat like that? And where did that thing come from?**, She thought warily.

"Um, I hate to ask this, but does anyone else not like where this is going?" Jedeite asked looking around the battlefield.

"I hate to say this but I agree with you Jed. I suddenly wish I could say goodbye to Minako." Kunzite said a feeling of dread filling him suddenly.

"I know the feeling, Kunzite. Only in my case, it's Makato, I'm worried about." Nephrite said.

"Yea, I'm not sure how but I'm really worried about Sakura as well as for my brother and sister as well." Terrance said as fear suddenly grasped his heart.

"I know the feeling Terry. I just hope Ariana's alright." Judai said with a nod. "The only real hope I can have is that my sister is safe along with Deimos and Princess Hikari."

"They'll be fine right?! I mean, after all they are inside the palace." Terrance said.

"Terrance, I'm afraid with a creature like that, we all may be doomed." Kunzite said with a sigh.

"I know the feeling, Kunzite. Only in my case, it's Makato, I'm worried about." Nephrite said.

"Take comfort that if we do die tonight gentlemen that we will all see our loved ones on the other side." Akiyama said with a sad smile.

"Oh we know, Akiyama! That's the only reason the three of us aren't moving from this spot." Kunzite said.

"Yeah, call us crazy, but we already feel like our beloveds are gone. So we're welcoming death no matter what happens." Jedeite informed his senior officer, which earned nods from the other four gentlemen in their group.

"Well gentlemen, it looks like this is it!" Akiyama said as the huge creature focused its blazing red eyes at her and her troops and suddenly fired a multitude of dark green energy bolts at them.

The screams of her troops filled her ears as a bolt of dark energy hit her directly in the middle of her chest. The last thing she saw while dying was that the huge shadow-like creature was now blasting the Moon Palace's walls apart.

From atop the rubble, Beryl laughed while her warriors stormed the palace ruins.

"Very soon, both the Earth and the Moon will be under my control!" she gloated. "I'll have Queen Serenity begging for mercy!"

She raised her staff above her head, causing red energy bolts to shoot out from it.

"No one can defeat the power of the Dark Kingdom! No one!" A bright explosion of energy emitted from her staff, wrecking the Moon Palace further. "The universe shall soon be mine!"

Meanwhile up on one of the Moon Palace's balconies that over looked the area where the battle had taken place, Princess Serenity, her brother Prince Deimos as well as Princess Hikari of the Sun Kingdom all looked on as they watched in horror as the palace crumbled around them. All the three of them could do was hope that their loved ones and friends were all right.

It was at that moment that Queen Beryl appeared before them. All three royal's gasped in shock.

"Well, if it isn't the Moon Princess, her younger brother, and the youngest princess of the Sun Kingdom!" she said mockingly. "I'll enjoy tearing all three of you up until not even your parents can recognize you!" She exclaimed as she lunged at all three young royals, claw-like fingernails extended.

"I don't think so witch!" Deimos exclaimed as he stepped in front of the two young ladies, causing Beryl to halt her attack for a moment.

"Fine then, it matters not who is first to go! I might as well deal with you retched boy!" Beryl yelled as she suddenly launched forward yet again.

Before she could reach her, a rose flew through the air, its stem striking Beryl's outstretched hand. Angrily, she turned towards the one who threw the rose.

"Beryl, I think you should heed Prince Deimos' words and back off! Because if you don't then I'll make you pay!" Endymion shouted angrily.

"Who are you?" she demanded.

"I am Prince Endymion, sworn to defend the Moon Kingdom against evil like you!" Endymion said, moving protectively between her and Serenity.

"Prince Endymion?" Beryl said. "From Earth? I've heard of you. You have great promise. You along with those other prince's, I believe their names were, Prince Ryoku, Prince Terrance and Prince Judai."

"You better not even think of touching my older brother!" Deimos hissed out angrily.

"Calm yourself Deimos, I'll deal with this." Endymion said turning to look towards the youngest Moon sibling.

"Hm," Beryl simply said as she turned her gaze from Endymion to Deimos, and back to Endymion again. "Well I can see why Princess Serenity would want to hang onto you, but you're wasting your time with that twit. Why not join me, Endymion, and we'll rule the Dark Kingdom together," she said enticingly.

"I refuse, Beryl." he replied, his voice dripping with scorn. "There is no way that I'll join a repulsive, evil witch like you."

"That's telling her off, Endy!" Deimos exclaimed with a smug grin on his face which earned a nod from Endymion.

Beryl was infuriated. "Silence!" she screamed furiously. "You will all die together then!"

A giant green bolt of dark energy flew out from the huge dark creature looming overhead. The energy bolt covered Endymion, Serenity, Deimos and Hikari which pulled Endymion and Deimos away from Serenity and Hikari.

"Deimos!" Hikari cried out in fear as she held her hand out to her beloved.

"Endymion, what is happening?" she asked, anxiously.

"Run, Serenity!" he yelled as he was being pulled away. "Just run!"

"You too, Hikari! I couldn't bare it if anything happened to you!" Deimos added to Endymion's plies.

"No, Endymion," she shouted, as she ran towards him. "I want to be with you!"

"Serenity's right Deimos, I don't want to go on living without you!" Hikari shouted as she too ran forward.

"No, you can't!" he shouted, still floating away from her. "Serenity, don't!"

"Get back, Hikari!" Deimos continued to shout, but it was too late.

Taking a running leap, both Serenity and Hikari jumped towards both Endymion and Deimos, each reaching out for their beloveds. Slowly, the gaps between both couples closed and they grasped each other's hand. Another green bolt blasted the four apart, each screaming for their significant other, with their last breath.

Running towards her youngest two Children, Queen Serenity, along with Luna and Artemis, arrived too late to save either Queen Serenity's children or those of their beloveds.

"Serenity! Deimos! No!" She cried. "She's taken all of my children away from me now!"

Luna bowed her head and cried. "Oh no! Not the princess and her brothers!"

Beryl laughed maliciously. "They're all dead, the fools. Thus is the fate of all who opposes me."

"No!" Queen Serenity fell to her knees in anguish. "Not my precious children! It can't be!" she sobbed quietly. "Don't worry, darlings, I won't let it end this way," she said determinedly, as she brought out the Imperium Silver Crystal and attached it to the Crescent Moon Wand. "I won't let them take away your futures!" A red flash came from the crystal.

"Queen Serenity," Luna said worriedly, tears still in her eyes, "if you use the Imperium Silver Crystal, you'll die."

"It's the only way, Luna," Queen Serenity said calmly. "I must sacrifice my kingdom if we're to regain our peace." Slowly, she stood and raised the wand over her head. "Moon healing escalation!"

Light pulsed out from the crystal, spreading everywhere.

"What is this?" Beryl exclaimed, flinching away from the energy radiating from the crystal.

Glowing spheres of light hit the massive dark creature that loomed over the palace, breaking it up. The same energy also seemed to break up any who came from the Dark Kingdom. All over the Moon, and also the Earth, the warriors of the Dark Kingdom began to vanish.

"You can't do this to me!" Beryl shrieked. "You haven't seen the last of me! I will return and the universe will belong to me!" All at once, anyone belonging to the Dark Kingdom disappeared.

"Your Majesty, you did it!" Luna exclaimed. "They're gone!"

"You beat them!" Artemis added.

Queen Serenity was lying on a broken pillar.

"The Imperium Silver Crystal will bring peace if someone with a heart of good uses it," she said exhaustedly as she removed the Imperium Silver Crystal from the wand and held it out in front of her. "However, if someone with a heart of evil were to use it, it could turn into a horrendous weapon. And now, I must send them all to a new future on Earth." She flung her head aside, crying.

Luna was puzzled by the Queen's sadness. "But, you saved them. Why are you so sad?"

Queen Serenity stared blankly ahead at the stars.

"Because none of them will remember anything about this time or this place. Nothing! And I'll never see my sweet daughter or my sons ever again. Or, you two, either." She slowly raised the empty wand. "But this is the only way for any of you to live on. I have managed to seal them off with the power of the Imperium Silver Crystal, but they may return again. Only those with royal blood can use the Crescent Moon Wand. You must entrust this to Princess Serenity should that time come. I have enough power left to send everything you'll need in the future to Earth. My children and the Sailor Scouts of both the Sun and Moon Kingdom will need your help if the Dark Kingdom ever breaks free." Queen Serenity informed her two cat advisors.

"Yes," Luna and Artemis replied in unison.

"All of you will be reborn on Earth," she continued, "with no memory of the Moon Kingdom whatsoever, but if evil forces should try to repeat what happened here, you two will know what to do." She raised the crystal into the air. "Now, farewell all of you, and good luck. Goodbye, my children. You are all in my heart, always."

The Imperium Silver Crystal rose into the air. When it stopped, high into the sky, a bright flash lit the sky. Bright spheres of light rose from the ground into the air, each containing the spirits of the Sailor Scouts of both the Sun and Moon Kingdom, Endymion, Serenity, Judai, Terrance, Endymion's Generals, and the rest of the Moon Kingdom, and headed for Earth.

Queen Serenity watched as everyone headed for Earth. She knew that she wouldn't be able to go with her children, so she would arrange it so that all three of them would go to loving families somewhere down on Earth.

"Be happy," she said sadly. "On behalf of the Moon, you will be free again. Perhaps one day, my darlings, we'll meet again." She then collapsed and breathed her last.

The Crescent Moon Wand stopped before hitting the ground and flashed a brilliant white light. The two cat advisors were placed in stasis chambers, to awaken on Earth in the future.

From its position in the skies above the Moon, the Imperium Silver Crystal suddenly shattered into seven different pieces; each a different color of the rainbow. They all flew in different directions, each piece embedding itself inside one of the subjects of the Moon Kingdom at random. Unbeknownst to anyone, these seven would have a crucial role to play in the future.

As the last of the Moon Kingdom rose from the ruins to join the others on Earth in the future, a sudden breeze stirred upon the surface of the Moon. This breeze would be the last the Moon would ever have. The breeze stirred up dust and debris from the abandoned battlefield, marking the death of one life and the birth of a new one – on Earth.

To be Continued…

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