Crisis of the Heart
By: Armitage Blade
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Sailor Moon.
Note: Italicized speaking is supposed to be Japanese. Since I do not speak Japanese, I have to have some way of showing the difference. Italicized and underlined text is dream/flashback sequences.
Sailor's Evolution
The next two weeks flew by for everyone. Prince Naraku believed he had monsters that would provide him the stability to become King of the Crystal Millennium. Nairobi not only believed he did, but that she would become his Queen. The hybrid team, on the other hand, believed that Prince Naraku would slip up and there would be a fatal flaw in his plans that they could exploit.
For Christina, the feeling that something big was happening kept nagging at her, on a daily basis. She had taken to worrying so much that she had taken her necklace off and wrapped it securely around her wrist. She wanted to make it easier for her sword to be called in case it was needed.
She had even had her mother alert the other Scouts in Japan of something big happening. She insisted they guard Serena and Darien to the best of their abilities. She had received word not three days ago that Naraku had tried to assassinate Serena, and had not bothered with Darien. The girls fended him off, and have hidden the duo until Christina can get the timeline fixed.
She was right about something going wrong, though. At the big hockey game against the Traverse Falls Suns, which all of the Legendary Warriors and Scouts were at, a strange chill swept the building. Christina and Rebecca, noticing this, both left the arena. Rebecca went to hide, knowing she couldn't reveal herself until necessary, and Christina transformed to Armitage of the Moon. Skylar, feeling the transformation, grabbed his pendant as well.
Seeing his move, Ami and Garrett followed his lead. The others were all aware of what was going on, but couldn't give away their positions until necessary.
Without warning, the players all fell to the ice, asleep. Everyone started feeling drowsy, but the Warriors and Scouts dispelled the feeling by grabbing their talismans. Christina watched from the rafters as the puck grew and became a monster.
Several different voices cried out transformation phrases, and in the puck monster's confusion, Christina had come down and struck at him. Her sword slash had cut part of his rubber body away, but not enough to down it in one go.
As the battle heated up in earnest, the six others left had all congregated under the press box, monitoring the battle and wondering when to cut in.
A scream heard across the arena showed that the monster had taken down the three Scouts, and the group faced each other grimly.
"Let's do it." Rebecca said, her face set with determination. The other five nodded. The cords came off their necks, and they were holding their respective swords.
"Blade of Ares." Ashton called out.
"Blade of Isis." Rebecca called out.
"Blade of Anubis." Edward called out.
"Blade of Gaea." Trinity called out.
"Blade of Silvanus." Tanner called out.
"Blade of Nyx." Skye called out.
"ACTIVATE!" They cried out together.
Six different lights circled around the group, and when the group came out, they wore the Warrior uniforms in their planet's colors.
"Let's go." Anubis said, directing the group out of their hiding spots and onto the ice by the others.
When they arrived, shock was evident on the face of the puck monster. "Who the hell are you?" It ground out.
"We are the ones whom you have awoken." Anubis said.
"We are the ones that you should not have angered." Nyx said, drawing her sword, the tourmaline stone at the end sparkling with dangerous energy inside it.
"We are the defenders of Justice." Gaea said, her onyx swirling with dark energy.
"We are the protectors of beauty." Isis said, her yellow jade sparkling with a golden radiance.
"We are awoken by the moonlight from the Dark Side of the Moon." Silvanus said, drawing his sword.
"We are the Legendary Warriors!" Aries cried, his sword held high.
"Let's get him!" Anubis screamed.
"Venus Golden Whip!" Isis whispered, the whip coming out and making several deep lashes into the monster.
"Saturn's Wrath!" Gaea screamed, the dark energy in the onyx discharging through her blade and cutting a path through the monster.
"Mars War Hammer!" Aries called out, a fiery hammer forming and striking the monster, burning part of him.
"Neptune Water Cannon!" Silvanus yelled. A beam of water, encasing a laser, struck the monster, causing major burns.
"Uranus Equalizer!" Nyx screamed, the energy from the tourmaline unleashed and causing the monster to feel like it was being ripped in half.
"Pluto's Judgment!" Anubis whispered, a seal forming and striking the monster, causing terrible pain to the monster.
Just when Isis was going to call out for Armitage to take the final blow, a strong blast of energy knocked nearly all of the warriors unconscious. Only Armitage was still awake, but knocked down to one knee. She stood back up, and looked around to see Legendary Warrior and Sailor alike knocked down. She looked at the monster, who was smirking.
"They tried their best, but in the end, they weren't good enough." It said. "Your turn, Armitage. Can you beat me, when they couldn't?"
His challenge to her had her literally seeing red. She sent several attacks at the monster, all of which were deflected.
"You have knocked my friends unconscious." She said, taking a step forward. "You have isolated me, knowing that you are currently more powerful." She took another step. "And yet, you have no idea how strong the human will is." She took her sword and in one fluid movement, scores a circle on the ice. "I dare you to take me down." She beckoned at it to take its best shot.
A blast of energy knocked back to her knees. Pushing herself back up, she took one look at the monster and smirked back.
"I knew you didn't have it in you. My turn." She said. She started to gather the energy for something, and before the monster knew it, a bright light blazed out of the leader of the Legendary Warriors and Crisis Scouts.
When the light died down, Christina's uniform changed yet again. She wore a gold top, gold skirt, purple boots, and her eye visor, which had changed colors from gold to purple. The circlet she normally wore disappeared, with her birthmark apparent in purple. The earrings turned into diamonds.
"You chose the wrong sister to screw with. You want to know who I am?" She said softly, her voice carrying a dangerous note to it. "I am Crisis Sailor Armitage Moon. Thanks to you, I have found the edge in these battles. Try this on for size."
She swung her sword back, like she was going to hitting a ball, and called out, "Moon Soul Ribbon Slash!" Swinging her sword forward, a series of ribbons extended out from the tip of her sword, making contact with the monster. The monster, not expecting this level of attack, simply disintegrated on contact with the attack.
Noticing that the players and fans would be waking up soon, Christina summoned the energy and sent a tendril out to every one of her charges, forcibly teleporting all thirteen people to a nearby sheltered area, away from prying eyes.
As soon as they got there, she collapsed, being forcibly detransformed from the drain on her energy. Her last thought before she passed out was that she needed to have everyone awake in order to sustain such a power boost.
The Scouts were the first to awaken.
"Where are we? Last I remember, we were fighting a monster." Rei said, slowly sitting up. The feeling of being knocked unconscious familiar, but not welcomed, by the veteran Scout. She watched as Lita was also slowly sitting up and taking notice of the group around them.
"I think we were transported out of the arena by Christina." Lita said, slowly taking in the group. "And, who the hell are those other six?"
"I think those other six are the other Legendary Warriors. It looks like Christina was right. There is an army to protect us." Mina said, looking at the other Scouts.
"I think that it will take us and the Outers, as well as the Legendary Warriors, to take down Naraku and Nairobi. Whatever Christina found is powerful enough to force a thirteen person teleport without the conscious knowledge of twelve of us." Rei said. "That alone is powerful. Who knows what she is capable of?"
"I think we need to talk to Luna and Artemis, have them find a way to hide Serena and Darien until we can beat Naraku and Nairobi." Mina said. The other two nodded, and started to make the others comfortable until they awoke.
"Ugh, my head. What hit me?" Garrett asked, coming to. Sitting up, he gasped. "What happened?"
"I believe that Christina found a power boost that allowed her to beat the monster and forcibly teleport us all out of the arena before we were found out. It took almost all of her energy, forcing her to be detransformed upon arrival. We are simply waiting for everyone else to awake and detransform before we leave." Lita explained.
"Good point." Garrett said, dropping the Thor of Jupiter getup in favor of his own clothes and his own persona. The other three girls followed suit, resuming their own personas. As each of the other Legendary Warriors woke up, they got the same story and detransformed as well. Finally, they were all awake but Christina.
Skylar looked at them all, and said, "I'll wait for her. You guys can go home."
Seeing that they were dismissed, they started to leave. Skylar was glad, because he had something he wanted to say to Christina.
About ten minutes after everyone left, Christina started to stir. She forced herself to sit up, and saw Skylar sitting there staring at her.
"Where did everyone go? Are they okay?" She asked, worried. "I hope they all made it here okay." She didn't get to continue, as Skylar placed a finger on her lips.
"They're fine, Christina. I sent them home about ten minutes ago." He said, smiling. "They were all awake, and they all made it here. Whatever you were able to accomplish, it forced all thirteen of us to be teleported here before you passed out."
"I remember now! I managed to get to transform to a new level!" She said excitedly. "I have a fusion transformation, a cross of my Crisis power and my Legendary Warrior Power."
"So that's what was trying to wake me up." Skylar said musingly. When Christina threw him a puzzled look, he said, "Something was attempting to wake me up at the arena. I also must have a power level between Moonlight Champion and Earth Prince. It must have been trying to force me awake to attempt the change."
"It will come eventually, Skylar. It will come." Christina said. After a few moments, she noticed something else was bothering her best friend. "Sky? What's wrong?"
"Nothing, Princess. Nothing to worry about." Skylar said, staring off into the distance.
"No, Skylar, something is bothering you. I'm your best friend. You can talk to me about it."
"Princess, I can't talk about what's bothering me with you BECAUSE it involves you." He looked her in the eye. She saw the disturbing swirl of emotions in his eyes. She did something that would be completely out of line, if not for the fact that she had been hiding something from him.
She leaned forward and kissed him.
He didn't know what to expect when she kissed him. All he could really do is kiss her back, losing himself in the kiss.
Their birthmarks flared, and they drew back for air.
"Is that what your problem was?" Christina asked, a sarcastic note lacing her talk. "Believe me, I have loved you for quite a while. The only reason you couldn't figure it out is because of how I grew up. Being a military brat isn't easy."
"Christina, Princess, I fell for you years ago. Hell, do you have any idea how many times I've been asked if we're dating? I've been wishing I could say 'yes' for a few years now. I've told your dad time and again since freshman year that I would die for you before I'd see you get hurt." Skylar replied.
"So, I'm guessing that you want to be my date for Winter Formal?" She asked, a small smirk on her face.
"Your date for Winter Formal? Oh hell, I'm saying I want to be exclusively dating you, no matter what!" He said furiously, standing up and brushing his jeans off.
Christina also rose to a standing position. "So, you're so madly in love with me that even me trying to tease you is causing problems for your ego? You know, Prince, you're not the only one that can see the blueblood line breed true. Unfortunately, you've seemed to gain more of the…unsightly…parts of the bloodline." She sneered the last part. "Sure, you want to protect me. But guess what? This is my fight! They are coming after me because I'm the last of the Lunarian bloodline.
"I'm not saying that you're unimportant. I'm saying that instead of getting all pissed off about me not taking our love seriously, I'm asking you to stand beside me and help me beat the threat to our lives. I say our lives, because if you're that committed to loving me, then you're stuck with me. What do you say, Prince Skylar, shall we show Naraku why you don't fuck with the twins awoken from the dark side of the Moon?" She held out her hand in a friendship gesture.
He took her hand and drew her in for a hug. "I'm pretty sure we can do that, Princess Christina. You don't fuck with the darker twins with impunity." He said, before leaning down and kissing her again. After a few minutes, he let her go, and they looked at each other.
"Let's take him down." They said together.