Author's Notes (7-01-03): Not much to say in this one, just continuing on with the added plot twist that's new to this version.
As with anyone else, I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters. All belong to Takeuchi-sama.
Sailor Moon SolarS - Book One: Awakenings
Chapter 8: Fading Hope
It's been 12 days since Naraku attacked the senshi with her child. Since then, she's kept quiet, thinking about what her next plan for the senshi will be. Just then, Miru could be heard slightly laughing.
"What are you laughing about!?"
"Heh, I'm surprised you hadn't thought about it," Miru commented with a smirk.
"Thought about what?"
"If you get rid of the senshi, you get rid of the problem."
"And how haven't I already attempted that?"
"By destroying their power, the thing that gives them the ability to become Sailor Senshi," Miru explained with her arms out.
"What are you talking about?" Naraku asked with a frustrated tone.
"Each Sailor has a brooch on their chest," she began to explain, "and if that brooch is destroyed, then their power is no more. That is exactly what happened to Sailor Moon over four years ago. Her Silver Crystal began to lose its power. I'm surprised you don't remember that."
"So all I have to do is destroy their brooches?"
"Well, naturally they'll take a great deal of force to do, but yes," Miru nodded, "that's all you have to do."
"But what good will that really do?" Naraku wondered. "They already can't hurt my children."
"Well, isn't it annoying for them to slow your children down?" Miru asked. "I think you should keep them from even putting up a fight."
"Alright, but what if that other senshi shows up?"
"Then your child would have died either way. You can't stop that."
With a grunt, Naraku vanished towards the surface.
"Let's see, where would a good place to raise my child be? I think I'll have some fun by luring them over here with some destruction," she said walking around. "Ah, here we go." She had found an alley where she buried a Dark Seed. "Come up, my child. Time to have some fun." The ground broke open and up came Naraku's new child. "Now, I want you to have some fun around here until the Sailor Senshi arrive. Then you just destroy the brooches on their chests. That will take their power, or so Miru says. She may be worthy to be called my copy after all. After that, they'll be forced to watch their world die," Naraku said laughing and disappeared.
"It will be my pleasure, mother," the daimon said with an evil laugh, and Naraku slowly flew up and perched herself on the corner of the closest building's roof. It then sent a dark beam of energy at the building in front of the buildings it was standing between. A large explosion followed which destroyed much of that side of the building. The people around there scattered as the daimon walked out, laying waste to anything it wished, including any people running away. Soon, the blasts and screams were able to be heard by the girls.
"No, it can't be another one!" Usagi exclaimed.
They all started running towards the city. When they finally arrived, they were met with a gruesome sight of crumbled buildings and charred bodies.
"I can't believe they did this," Minako said in disgust.
They walked around toward the blasts, where the horrible sights only worsened. The daimon which was creating this destruction came into view. The girls hid behind a building. They all nodded to each other as they pulled out their pens.
"Mercury Star Power, Make Up!"
"Mars Star Power, Make Up!"
"Jupiter Star Power, Make Up!"
"Venus Star Power, Make Up!"
"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!"
"What can we really do to this thing?" Usagi asked.
"We have to try at least, even if we die," Makoto answered. They ran out in sight of the daimon. It had a young girl be her collar with his palm in front of her face.
"Stop!" Usagi yelled. "Don't kill her!" The daimon looked up at Usagi and dropped the girl.
"My mother knew this would draw you here. So what do you think you can do this time? My sibling made easy sport of you, and I'm just like him."
He started walking towards the senshi. A look of fear filled their faces.
"We will defeat you!" Minako yelled. "Venus Love-Me Chain!"
The daimon just smacked it away and shot a small ball of energy at her. The ball stuck to her brooch, but didn't explode when it hit. Everyone looked at her in amazement that it didn't harm her or explode. Then, it suddenly blew up, throwing Minako to the ground. She propped herself up by her elbows.
"Are you alright, Minako!?" Usagi yelled.
"I'm fine..."
They all looked at her, wondering why she wasn't hurt. Suddenly, her brooch began to spark energy. It was badly cracked from the blast. The sparks increased, and with one last large burst of energy, Minako detransformed. She stood up with a shocked expression and pulled her pen out again.
"Venus Star Power, Make Up!"
Nothing happened. Sparks jumped across the top of the pen, and the star violently shattered into dust. They all gasped in horror. With a laugh the daimon continued walking toward Usagi. The other four stood between the daimon and Usagi. He shot a beam at Rei which threw her back and shattered her brooch. Ami was punched in the chest. The punch shattered her brooch and knocked her unconscious. Makoto tried punching the daimon, but he caught her hand, twisting it, and ramming his knee into her chest as she was being pulled down. A few of her ribs were broken and her brooch destroyed. The only one left was Chibi Usa. He grabbed her by her face and lifted her into the air, grabbing and ripping her prism brooch off of her chest. He threw her to the ground and tossed her brooch into the air, using it as target practice. With only Usagi left, the daimon slowly walked toward her.
Suddenly, a rose struck the ground in front of it.
"So you decided to show up," the daimon said as Mamoru jumped down. "You have absolutely no chance, or have you forgotten since last time."
"I'll try anyway. I'd rather die trying than watch!" Mamoru said as he drew out 4 roses and threw them.
"Naraku ordered me not to kill any of the senshi, but then again, Tuxedo Kamen isn't a Sailor Senshi! And since you're so willing to die anyway!" the daimon yelled as it fired a beam, burning the roses away, and going through Mamoru's chest.
"MAMORU!! NOO!!" Usagi screamed as she ran over to him. "Please! Don't die! Don't leave me Mamoru!"
The others looked on with tears running down there faces. Usagi held Mamoru in her arms as she cried. His breathing had stopped, and Usagi's clothes had now been stained almost completely red from his wound. The daimon laughed loudly as it walked toward Usagi. It grabbed her by the neck and held her in the air. Usagi struggled to breathe. The daimon chuckled as it pulled her brooch off, flipping it around and crushing it to pieces in front of her eyes. It threw her to the ground after she detransformed, and then began to walk around laughing.
Just then, another flash of white light startled them all.
"Celestial Light Annihilation!"
The daimon didn't even have enough time to turn around before its whole body was engulfed by the beam. Nothing was left of it but dust.
"It's her again," Rei said.
"So that's the golden senshi," Usagi said.
The senshi held out her hand, and a golden light covered everyone. They all felt a warmth as they were healed as if they were being warmed by the rays of the sun.
After they were all healed, the senshi let out a sign and vanished just as quickly as before. Usagi looked around alarmingly.
"Mamoru! Where are you!?" she screamed. Mamoru had mysteriously disappeared, and no one had seen what had happened to him. "Now what!?" Usagi screamed to everyone as her body shuddered. "What do we do now!? Our powers are dead, and... and Mamoru probably is too... and now we can only watch what happens now! What hope do we have left!?"
They all looked at each other with sad faces. They had no choice but to go home. Now they had become normal teenage girls again, but the danger wasn't over like the other times. Has all hope been lost? Or can this golden senshi defeat them?
Only time will tell...
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Sailor Moon is copyright © 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha, TOEI Animation.
English Language Adaptation © 1995 DiC Entertainment
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Written by Tsuki no Hikari
tsukinomeido@hotmail.com
universalcommunity.tripod.com/SolarS/
As with anyone else, I do not own Sailor Moon or any of its characters. All belong to Takeuchi-sama.
Sailor Moon SolarS - Book One: Awakenings
Chapter 8: Fading Hope
It's been 12 days since Naraku attacked the senshi with her child. Since then, she's kept quiet, thinking about what her next plan for the senshi will be. Just then, Miru could be heard slightly laughing.
"What are you laughing about!?"
"Heh, I'm surprised you hadn't thought about it," Miru commented with a smirk.
"Thought about what?"
"If you get rid of the senshi, you get rid of the problem."
"And how haven't I already attempted that?"
"By destroying their power, the thing that gives them the ability to become Sailor Senshi," Miru explained with her arms out.
"What are you talking about?" Naraku asked with a frustrated tone.
"Each Sailor has a brooch on their chest," she began to explain, "and if that brooch is destroyed, then their power is no more. That is exactly what happened to Sailor Moon over four years ago. Her Silver Crystal began to lose its power. I'm surprised you don't remember that."
"So all I have to do is destroy their brooches?"
"Well, naturally they'll take a great deal of force to do, but yes," Miru nodded, "that's all you have to do."
"But what good will that really do?" Naraku wondered. "They already can't hurt my children."
"Well, isn't it annoying for them to slow your children down?" Miru asked. "I think you should keep them from even putting up a fight."
"Alright, but what if that other senshi shows up?"
"Then your child would have died either way. You can't stop that."
With a grunt, Naraku vanished towards the surface.
"Let's see, where would a good place to raise my child be? I think I'll have some fun by luring them over here with some destruction," she said walking around. "Ah, here we go." She had found an alley where she buried a Dark Seed. "Come up, my child. Time to have some fun." The ground broke open and up came Naraku's new child. "Now, I want you to have some fun around here until the Sailor Senshi arrive. Then you just destroy the brooches on their chests. That will take their power, or so Miru says. She may be worthy to be called my copy after all. After that, they'll be forced to watch their world die," Naraku said laughing and disappeared.
"It will be my pleasure, mother," the daimon said with an evil laugh, and Naraku slowly flew up and perched herself on the corner of the closest building's roof. It then sent a dark beam of energy at the building in front of the buildings it was standing between. A large explosion followed which destroyed much of that side of the building. The people around there scattered as the daimon walked out, laying waste to anything it wished, including any people running away. Soon, the blasts and screams were able to be heard by the girls.
"No, it can't be another one!" Usagi exclaimed.
They all started running towards the city. When they finally arrived, they were met with a gruesome sight of crumbled buildings and charred bodies.
"I can't believe they did this," Minako said in disgust.
They walked around toward the blasts, where the horrible sights only worsened. The daimon which was creating this destruction came into view. The girls hid behind a building. They all nodded to each other as they pulled out their pens.
"Mercury Star Power, Make Up!"
"Mars Star Power, Make Up!"
"Jupiter Star Power, Make Up!"
"Venus Star Power, Make Up!"
"Moon Prism Power, Make Up!"
"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!"
"What can we really do to this thing?" Usagi asked.
"We have to try at least, even if we die," Makoto answered. They ran out in sight of the daimon. It had a young girl be her collar with his palm in front of her face.
"Stop!" Usagi yelled. "Don't kill her!" The daimon looked up at Usagi and dropped the girl.
"My mother knew this would draw you here. So what do you think you can do this time? My sibling made easy sport of you, and I'm just like him."
He started walking towards the senshi. A look of fear filled their faces.
"We will defeat you!" Minako yelled. "Venus Love-Me Chain!"
The daimon just smacked it away and shot a small ball of energy at her. The ball stuck to her brooch, but didn't explode when it hit. Everyone looked at her in amazement that it didn't harm her or explode. Then, it suddenly blew up, throwing Minako to the ground. She propped herself up by her elbows.
"Are you alright, Minako!?" Usagi yelled.
"I'm fine..."
They all looked at her, wondering why she wasn't hurt. Suddenly, her brooch began to spark energy. It was badly cracked from the blast. The sparks increased, and with one last large burst of energy, Minako detransformed. She stood up with a shocked expression and pulled her pen out again.
"Venus Star Power, Make Up!"
Nothing happened. Sparks jumped across the top of the pen, and the star violently shattered into dust. They all gasped in horror. With a laugh the daimon continued walking toward Usagi. The other four stood between the daimon and Usagi. He shot a beam at Rei which threw her back and shattered her brooch. Ami was punched in the chest. The punch shattered her brooch and knocked her unconscious. Makoto tried punching the daimon, but he caught her hand, twisting it, and ramming his knee into her chest as she was being pulled down. A few of her ribs were broken and her brooch destroyed. The only one left was Chibi Usa. He grabbed her by her face and lifted her into the air, grabbing and ripping her prism brooch off of her chest. He threw her to the ground and tossed her brooch into the air, using it as target practice. With only Usagi left, the daimon slowly walked toward her.
Suddenly, a rose struck the ground in front of it.
"So you decided to show up," the daimon said as Mamoru jumped down. "You have absolutely no chance, or have you forgotten since last time."
"I'll try anyway. I'd rather die trying than watch!" Mamoru said as he drew out 4 roses and threw them.
"Naraku ordered me not to kill any of the senshi, but then again, Tuxedo Kamen isn't a Sailor Senshi! And since you're so willing to die anyway!" the daimon yelled as it fired a beam, burning the roses away, and going through Mamoru's chest.
"MAMORU!! NOO!!" Usagi screamed as she ran over to him. "Please! Don't die! Don't leave me Mamoru!"
The others looked on with tears running down there faces. Usagi held Mamoru in her arms as she cried. His breathing had stopped, and Usagi's clothes had now been stained almost completely red from his wound. The daimon laughed loudly as it walked toward Usagi. It grabbed her by the neck and held her in the air. Usagi struggled to breathe. The daimon chuckled as it pulled her brooch off, flipping it around and crushing it to pieces in front of her eyes. It threw her to the ground after she detransformed, and then began to walk around laughing.
Just then, another flash of white light startled them all.
"Celestial Light Annihilation!"
The daimon didn't even have enough time to turn around before its whole body was engulfed by the beam. Nothing was left of it but dust.
"It's her again," Rei said.
"So that's the golden senshi," Usagi said.
The senshi held out her hand, and a golden light covered everyone. They all felt a warmth as they were healed as if they were being warmed by the rays of the sun.
After they were all healed, the senshi let out a sign and vanished just as quickly as before. Usagi looked around alarmingly.
"Mamoru! Where are you!?" she screamed. Mamoru had mysteriously disappeared, and no one had seen what had happened to him. "Now what!?" Usagi screamed to everyone as her body shuddered. "What do we do now!? Our powers are dead, and... and Mamoru probably is too... and now we can only watch what happens now! What hope do we have left!?"
They all looked at each other with sad faces. They had no choice but to go home. Now they had become normal teenage girls again, but the danger wasn't over like the other times. Has all hope been lost? Or can this golden senshi defeat them?
Only time will tell...
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Sailor Moon is copyright © 1992 Naoko Takeuchi/Kodansha, TOEI Animation.
English Language Adaptation © 1995 DiC Entertainment
-------------------------------------
Written by Tsuki no Hikari
tsukinomeido@hotmail.com
universalcommunity.tripod.com/SolarS/
