Alania readied herself, pulling her katana from its sheath, but Cernunnos and Sirius blocked the way. "Stay with Sailor Moon," Sirius ordered. Nemesis chuckled and stood, her black skirt billowing about her as an unseen wind blew through the room.
"Ah, so the lackeys wish to waste their lives first," she said with an amused grin. "I have little patience, so why don't you die quickly?" she asked. Alania steeled herself for battle, only to watch Cernunnos rush forward.
"Cernunnos Shattering Mudslide!" Cernunnos cried. Her attack went reeling, brown and green energy lifting from the ground and falling in a wave upon Nemesis. The dark senshi simply stood there, and lifted a hand.
"Void Arrow," she said, little emotion left in her voice. Alania's eyes widened as black energy formed into a crossbow, and the black bolt shot through Cernunnos' chest before the older senshi could get out of the way. Her body collapsed to the ground, motionless and pale. "NATALIE!" Alania cried. Sailor Moon rushed forward to try to help, but Alania caught her around the waist, pulling her back.
"No, Sailor Moon! Don't give her an opening to attack you!" Alania cried. Sirius looked over at Cernunnos' motionless form, and let her face become a cold stone, trying not to let her pain at Cernunnos' death get to her. Now was not the time for grieving. She lifted her hand and smiled a bit.
"Sirius….Kiss of Death Captivation!" she cried, sending the attack right at Nemesis. Nemesis easily jumped out of the way, wrapped her hand around something invisible and leapt at Sirius. Sirius pulled up her scepter, blocking whatever the invisible object was from hitting her. Alania didn't know what to do. Sirius was their leader and had given her an order. Nemesis lifted her hand, and brought it down quickly. From her fingers formed a long, purple whip which caught Sirius' hand forcing her to release her scepter.
"Sirius, no!" Alania cried. It was too late. Even as Alania rushed forward, Another black bolt went flying, ripping through Sirius' chest. "NO!"Alania cried, hitting her knees beside Sirius' dying form. "Sirius, you can't leave me here! I can't do this by myself!" she cried. Sirius smiled and patted Alania's hand weakly.
"That's not true. I've seen what you can do, Alania….use your Light…" Sirius coughed, and then life left her eyes. Anoa set her down gently. Her sapphire eyes lifted, glaring at Nemesis.
"Alania….Celestial….-"
"Alania, no!" cried Sailor Moon, moving in front of the younger senshi.
"Move, Sailor Moon!" Alania cried, whipping out her Celestial Katana. Sailor Moon shook her head.
"I know there's good inside my sister, I know it!" she cried, "…I…I'm sure I can save her!" she finished. Alania shook her head.
"It's no use, Sailor Moon! She's not being manipulated like your previous enemies. She's evil, pure evil and hate! We have to destroy her before she destroys the future for this planet, now get out of the way!" she cried. Nemesis lifted her hand.
"I've been waiting a long time for this, Serenity," she said, sick joy in her cold voice. "I've been waiting for my chance to destroy you…to make you feel all the pain I felt, and now…now it's time for you do die, just like our mother left me here to die," she stated. Serenity shook her head, but down the whip came, digging into her back and slicing the wings from her fuku.
"Alania….Celestial….-"
"Do not interfere!" Nemesis cried, bringing the whip down and around, letting it slam into Alania's stomach, sending her flying across the room, and into the wall.
"Stop it!" Sailor Moon cried, turning to meet Nemesis' eyes. "How can you do this!?" she demanded. "Our mother loved you! She prevented you from getting hurt by putting you here. She did it to save you, don't you see!? She did it to save you, because she loved you! You were and still are her daughter, just like you're my sister!" she cried. Nemesis growled.
"Shut up!" she screamed, bringing the whip down across Sailor Moon's cheek. "She hid me away because of a silly prophecy! She thought by locking me away, she could prevent what was inevitable!" Nemesis cried. "She believed she had rid herself of one threat, only to be blind to another growing on Earth! You will die, Serenity! You will join our precious mother, and you will learn what it means to suffer!" Nemesis finished. She brought the whip down again, slamming it into Sailor Moon's stomach, sending the senshi reeling to the floor. Sailor Moon rolled onto her stomach after she landed, holding it as she coughed, trying to regain the air that had been shoved from her lungs. As she knelt there, Nemesis sauntered up to her, and kicked her hard in the stomach. Sailor Moon rolled across the floor.
Alania could only watch in horror, a palpable force holding her against the wall. She couldn't stand the sight of watching Sailor Moon be harmed. It was all her fault. She had given into Usagi, she had let her come with them, and now she faced the consequences. She was going to fail in her mission. Nemesis was going to destroy Sailor Moon and the only hope of a peaceful future. Nemesis lifted Serenity up by her throat, holding her older sister over her head, slowly choking her to death. She smirked.
"How does it feel to be alone, Sailor Moon? How does it feel to know that know no one is going to save you?" Nemesis asked.
"You're wrong!" Alania cried from her invisible cage. "Sailor Moon isn't alone, and I'll prove it to you! Alania Light FLASH!" she cried. The light blinded Nemesis long enough for her to drop Sailor Moon to cover her eyes. Sailor Moon hit her knees and crawled away, and Alania's invisible cage disappeared from existence. She took off at a run, rushing through the bright light that was nothing to her to collapse to her knees beside Sailor Moon.
"Nemesis Black Blade BARRAGE!" Nemesis cried. Alania's eyes widened and she threw herself over Sailor Moon as the blades fell from above them, raining down upon their injured bodies. Alania screamed as one sliced her arm, missing impaling it by mere inches. Sailor Moon's scream filled the air, and when the rain of energy-blades ended, Alania rolled off Sailor Moon.
"Sailor Moon…" she whispered, pulling Sailor Moon up into a sitting position. That's when she saw it…lodged into Sailor Moon's shoulder where Alania had failed to cover her. "No…" she whimpered. "No, you can't die! You can't! I can't do this by myself! Sailor Moon, please! Don't leave me alone!" Alania begged.
"Alania…you have to kill Nemesis…I've seen it in her eyes…there's no way we can have peace with the way she's acting…please…save the Earth…" Sailor Moon whispered. Anoa sobbed as life left Sailor Moon's form and she turned, glaring at Nemesis. Light began to glow from her chocker, where her Hikarizuishou was located. That light enveloped her and her clothes faded from view. Once again she wore that strange fuku of Alanian make. Her eyes were glazed over as her fingers closed around a staff. The Staff of the Immortal. Anoa closed her eyes and began to sing in that ancient language of Alanian, and slowly the staff began to hum, power surrounding it. She lifted the staff, and spoke three very distinct Alanian words.
"Alania Sevok Linath!" she cried.
"NO!" Nemesis cried as the light surrounded her form. "I won't be beaten! The Ginzuishou and the power of the senshi of the moon is mine by right!" Nemesis cried. Alania closed her fingers around the staff and it shrank, turning back into the Celestial Katana. Alania flew at Nemesis, pulled her arm back, and thrust the blade through Nemesis' chest. Tears rolled down her cheeks from her closed eyes as this happened. When the light faded, Alania was on her knees, holding Nemesis' Star Seed in her hands. As it faded, the strange fuku disappeared, replaced by the fuku given to her by Selene and Vespa.
"I'm sorry, Mother," Alania whispered, "…I failed."
"Not failed, Anoamias. Your Light and your Song can save Sailor Moon and your friends," a voice whispered into Alania's head. A voice she knew well.
"Mother!" she cried. She closed her eyes and that fuku returned and she began to sing in Alanian once more. She lifted her staff, and her friends' wounds healed. Alania collapsed, consciousness leaving her. Sirius' eyes fluttered open.
"Mmm…?" she muttered and sat up. "Alania…?" she whispered and looked around. The dark-skinned senshi stood and moved over to Sailor Moon, helping her up.
"…is she…" Cernunnos began.
"She's sleeping," Sirius answered. "She did it…" Sailor Moon whispered. Naiad and Neso entered the room. Naiad lifted the unconscious Alania into her arms.
"Let's go home," Sailor Moon stated.
"So are you coming home now?" Jason asked as they walked down the street, on the way home from school. It was the beginning of Winter Break, and Anoa was glad for the reprieve from fighting and schoolwork. Anoa nodded.
"I don't see why not. Nemesis has been defeated, the threat is over. How's Dad?" she asked.
"He's finished his novel, but he's sick, and it doesn't look good," Jason stated.
"How are the girls taking it?" Anoa asked. Jason shook his head. "I haven't told them it's anything more than a cold. I wanted you to be home before I said anything, but I think it's best that we take him to the hospital soon. He's becoming paler and paler by the day and his fever's rising," Jason replied. Anoa nodded. Anoa nodded.
"I'll pack up when I get back to Haruka's," Anoa stated. They parted at the usual street and Anoa headed for her older sister's. She was free…truly and completely free.
Author's Note
This is the official end of the first arc of my two part fanfic. Shadows of the Past will be the next half and I'm begining it immediately. It's a little sad to see this poject coming to an end. I've been working on Sailor Guardians since I was 12. That's almost 7 years now, writing and rewriting the whole series. This has been a big part of my writing for a long time, and has given me the practice to begin my own novel series, which I can't put up here, since it's not a fanfic. XD Please read the second half of my Sailor Moon fic, and keep your eyes out for new characters, new plots, and a bigger enemy.