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One of the most HARDESR chaps I have had to do. Really, sorry for taking so much time, but at least, it is done. Well, with no more ado, on with the story.
Disclaimer: Don't own it, I mean SM.
Italics- thoughts
Bonds- telepathic conversation
IX. Now or Never
The wind blew, the once blue sky was full of dark stormy clouds, the bright sun was now totally covered.
The six Senshi of Love and Justice stood facing one another. Their hair danced in the wind swiftly, their short skirts following the pattern of the wind.
Tuxedo Kamen stood slightly behind his love, cape dancing in the air. In front of him and the leader of the senshi, Sailor Moon, stood a pink haired girl.
For being warriors they seemed chocked, all of them except for one.
Thousands of thoughts passed through each of their minds.
Silence remained, the only sound came from the wind brushing the trees.
Until Moon cut it out.
"Ti…time? You mean…?" Moon whispered out, like if she was talking about a taboo.
"Yes, my Princess." Pluto answered.
"What do you mean it is time?!?" Chibi-Usa demanded out of the Senshi of Time.
"Small Lady, it is time to go ba…"
"NO! I don't want to go back!"
"Chibi-Usa, please…" Moon requested out of her rambunctious daughter. For the first time, the child didn't need to be told twice.
She shut her mouth, and at the same time closed her fists into a tight ball.
"Pluto, what does it take?" TK asked in a serious tone.
"The Golden Crystal and Silver Crystal have the same amount of power. To reverse everything and go back to the original timeline you BOTH," she said pointing to Tuxedo Kamen and Sailor Moon, "need to wish the same thing. A same dream, a same wish, be one, want the same thing, but…"
"What about us?" Jupiter asked.
"That's where I was going. All of you were affected, so you also got a part on this. Wish the same, dream the same, and you will get it."
"What…what will happen to all of this?" Venus asked, a tint of pain in her voice.
"It will disappear. You will NEVER have these children, you will NEVER have this life, though, it will remain in your hearts and minds, as a faint dream. Maybe you won't remember, maybe you will."
"NANI?! What if we want to stay?!" Mars asked alarmed, receiving some odd stares from the rest, including Pluto.
"Well, I said you could wish and dream what YOU wanted, but you'll have to dream of ONE same thing. You will lend your planet's power to the crystals, and I will do it too, whatever you choose. I do want you to understand something though, you can choose your future. You will own your future. Your time, your will, and your lives, they will be totally yours."
Again, silence remained. Thousands of questions going through everyone's mind, even through Pluto's, who seemed to know everything.
"I…" TK began to talk, unsure if what he wanted to say would be the right thing, "I think it would be best to go back."
"NANI?! NOO!" Chibi-Usa cried desperately.
"Usagi, enough!" TK snapped, taking everyone by surprise.
Chibi-Usa looked up at him, tears starting to form in her eyes, angriness and disappointment both evident in her face.
TK was looking at her, it was obvious he was trying to control his temper. He had always been the one who knew what to do, but in this case he felt lost.
A few sniffles came from the child. Everything was quiet, nobody spoke, and now not even the sound of the breeze could be felt.
"Well, then, let's do it!" SM stated full of confidence taking her position as leader once again. They all nodded their agreement.
"Pluto, please, um, could you explain again?" Moon asked, as everybody sweat dropped. One moment she was full of confidence and the next she was the old clumsy girl.
"Of course, princess…" she started, once again explaining, with the careful attention of the two blonds.
"Where's Chibi-Usa?" Jupiter asked cutting Pluto's explanation and looking around for the pink haired rabbit.
"Nani?" Moon and TK asked at the same time, looking for their now, missing daughter.
"She was just right here!" Venus stated, pointing to the spot where she had been standing.
"Oh, God, oh, God!" Moon started panicking. If she remembered better, Diamond was after her, and now he knew who's daughter she was.
"We have to find her!" Moon demanded out.
"Right, Venus, Jupiter, go together to the western part, Mars, go with Moon, to the eastern part, Mercury, you and I will go to the northern part. Will meet here." TK started after looking at Moon's panicked face. This was one of the reasons he didn't wanted to stay. He didn't want any of his children to be in danger, yet again.
He looked strait at Pluto, as if asking her something. She nodded, and went her own way to the south part.
Without another word, they did as they were told. In a flash, Mercury started looking in her computer, not even looking where she was going, and for some reason, she knew where to step, while she typed frantically, as she always did on a battle or on an emergency like this.
Moon ran, and ran. She could be clumsy all the time, but not now, not when she ran. Except for the senchi of wind, she was the fastest, and even now the hard warrior of fire had trouble to keep on with her pace.
Tears streamed through her eyes, and her heart ached in a way she had never felt it before. So many emotions, so many feelings she had never had, she had never felt, coming towards her. She could feel the wind blowing on her face, she could hear her own steps, her panting as she ran, and the only image that came to her mind, a smiling Chibi-Usa, which made more tears come to her eyes.
As a desperate mother ran in one way, a desperate father ran, searching for the same pink haired girl. He tried to go on Mercury's pace, turning back to look for any sign, and begging to hear those words out of her, 'I found her.'
It seemed hours had passed, and he couldn't stop thinking of why. Why wouldn't she like to go back to the way things were supposed to be? Why had he even yelled at her? And the question that had been going through his mind since the beginning of all this, why had he made that stupid wish? Or was it that stupid?
Time felt as it had stopped, he couldn't hear anything, he knew he was running, looking everywhere he could, and looking back at the bluenet running after him, still typing at the computer. When suddenly,
"Tuxedo Kamen, I found her!"
Again, time seemed to stop for him. Abruptly, he stopped running and turned to face the senchi of wisdom.
"Where?!" he demanded to know.
"She's in the…" A flash of energy cut her off, just in the direction she was pointing.
"Oh no." TK whispered, as he started to run towards the flash or energy he had seen. How many times haven't he seen that flash before?
Mercury started running, now as fast as TK, it was evident she tried hard to stay at his pace, and now, he wasn't waiting for her.
He knew Chibi-Usa was now defenceless, as defenceless she had been when she first came to their lives, when she dropped on top of him, of course, in another time line.
He arrived, it was in the western part.
Venus and Jupiter where coming from the other side.
There she was, under yet, another youma, frightened as the little girl she was.
Tears where streaming down her cheeks, her moon symbol gleaming in her forehead. Without even thinking of it, he threw out his attack to the youma, "TUXEDO LA SMOCKING BOMBER!"
(AN: I know for sure that in the anime, he doesn't have an attack, just that rose, yeah, yeah, the rose, but, I was tired of it, and in the manga he does have an attack, so I decided to use it. Though it sounds kinda of funny…)
"CHIBI-USA!" Moon cried coming from the east.
Skilfully, TK past down the youma and picked Chibi-Usa easily, carrying her towards Moon's direction.
"Honey, are you ok?" TK asked the now trembling child. As an answer she only pressed harder against her father, looking for the protection she always felt when she was with him.
"Chibi-Usa, are you hurt?" TK asked more loudly to the child, placing her down on her feet, she shook her head, and just hung more forcefully, evidently, not wanting to get away, again.
Moon ran as fast as she could to Chibi-Usa, holding her as hard as she could. She couldn't even hear the battle sounding on the back, her aching heart suddenly felt peace, throughout all the battle.
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody" Mercury shouted.
"Jupiter Oak Evolution" Jupiter screamed.
"Venus Love Me Chain!"
"NOW SAILOR MOON!"
"Right!" she said with determination.
About to start her attack, when someone interrupted her.
"Well, well, found you again my little love." Diamond said, smiling after watching the scowl that was formed on SM.
"I'm NOT your love. How dare you attack an innocent child?!" Moon demanded, in a flash TK was besides her, ready to attack in any moment.
The rest of the senshi were now surrounded Chibi-Usa, ready to protect her in any moment.
"Innocent? She's the daughter of a great warrior, I don't think she's so innocent." Diamond smirked.
"Why you…" Mars muttered under her breath, fists clenched ready to attack.
Diamond turned to see the now hurt youma, he raised his hand towards it, dark energy flowed from it, killing the youma in an instant.
"Well, now that that's done, I think I need to get rid of other annoyances." He said turning to look at the senshi.
"I see we have a new person joining us." He said looking at Pluto, who was holding Chibi-Usa's hand and her staff, standing behind all the inner senshi.
He raised his hand ready to attack, in minutes there where attacks from Diamond and the Senshi, protecting themselves, protecting their little Princess, and their future Queen and King.
TK joined the battle with the senshi, while SM grabbed Chibi-Usa, and looked where she could hide the girl.
Diamond summoned more youmas to aid with his cause, all starting to attack the senshi.
Looking at SM, who stood in front of Chibi-Usa in a very protective way, he moved towards them.
"My Princess, take me now, and this battle will end." He said smiling.
"NEVER!" Moon cried out, yet moving Chibi-Usa even more to her back, guarding the child as if she was a shelter.
"You WILL be mine, by the good or bad way." He said raising his hand, now ready to attack.
He started to throw black energy to their way. Seing this, she turned to protect Chibi-Usa with all her body.
Chibi-Usa was now mad, at herself, at her mother, at her father, at all this that was happening. She started crying, and then screaming.
In a flash of seconds, energy shouted out of her, ribbons surrounded her, and then, of all, Sailor Chibi Moon stood there, besides her mother and leader. She looked down at herself, happiness emanating from her.
With a frown she looked up at Diamond, raised her hand with her spectre, and shouted,
"PINK SUGAR HEART ATTACK!"
(AN: Anyone besides me thinks that this name is funny for an attack???)
Pink hearts started flying Diamond's way. SM looked with pride to her youngest warrior, and stood up, placing a hand on her shoulder.
"OW! Stop it little brat!" Diamond yelled, she was pointing towards his face. Maybe her attack wasn't that powerful, but, it was annoying and a bit painful after a while.
"We'll be seeing again. Mark my words, I'll come back for you two!" With that he disappeared.
SM and SCM united the battle, fighting together as they have done many times before. When they last knew, the last youma was defeated.
"We did it!" Venus cried happily, yet tired, knowing that this day hadn't ended.
"Sailor Chibi Moon!" Mars cried, going to hug the child, almost asphyxiating her in the way.
"Good to have you back in the team!" Jupiter cheered giving her a warm hug, not as killing as Mars'.
TK was about to say something, when Pluto spoke.
"It is now or never. We must do it now."
