Scroll 9: Senshi Prime
Both Pluto and Moonlighte stood in shock, whispering their thoughts, sensing the danger the Doma Shin now posed to them all. They stated that they needed to find Kakyuu-hime or it was all over. Sailor Moon, beyond caring, refused to go anywhere, and turned her rage towards Dark Star in the sky above.
Charging up into the sky above despite the shouted attempts of Pluto and Moonlighte to stop, Sailor Moon surged all her power and speed to give a fatal blow to Dark Star. Still on her path enraged righteousness, Sailor Moon was unable to deflect or dodge the massive energy beam that Dark Star had fired her way.
In an unprecedented surge of power, Jeshi/Moonlighte used her final trump card – pouring all her energy and life-force into it - and teleported herself in the way of the blast, in hopes to shield her precious Usagi-hime from the blast. The action tore at Usagi's heart as Jeshi's attempt proved to be in vain; as the dark energy slammed into the double shields of Moonlighte and Moon. Not living long enough to feel the ache of loss, Usagi watched as Jeshi was burned away into ash before she, too, received the blast and died.
On Kinmoku's ground below, Pluto was stunned beyond words as she witnessed not only the death of Sailor Moonlighte, but Usagi as well. All hope fled her in those moments of white-energy-blinded seconds. Dark Star was going to kill them all.
Within the command center of Alpha-Senshi being swarmed over with blood-lusting Doma Shin senshi; those inside had grim hopes in fighting off inevitable death. Kakyuu-hime was being protected by Jadeite, Sailors Sun, Earth, Xeme, Rainbow Prism, Ami, Ann, Tuxedo Kamen, Charles and a few others. Karma answered their prayers as the two remaining Starlights blasted into the scene, being closely followed by the Inner Sol senshi. Showing enough bravado to make the Doma Shin enemies retreat; the senshi had a brief window of respite.
Both Meumi and Makoto had been aware of Meghiri and Charles new development as they had arrived on Kinmoku with Sailors Sun and others. It was their presence that had spurred the Sol Senshi onward when they had been run ragged. They too, joined the scene and decimated those that were intent on killing their beloved friends – Makoto had developed a crush on Charles back on earth before the Novae senshi captured them; as Meumi's reunion with her hospitalized sister changed all the rules of their secret senshi identity when the young girl openly spoke of their home-world of Nemesis and being a senshi, the two sisters had become insanely close as Meumi began to train Meghiri as a sailor senshi.
Having found their non-senshi friends in one piece, the reunion was interrupted in a terrible way; as the powers of Prince IO allowed Charles to feel the deaths of Sailor Moon and Moonlighte; making Makoto's lover blurt out the awful news.
All the Sol senshi were shocked to hear such grim news; and Mamoru took it the hardest, yet became jaded enough to set Usagi's death aside as they all agreed they had to find Galaxia-sama in order to save the day.
Elsewhere, before the titanic clash of senshi and Dark Star minions, the petite senshi known as XiN had spouted her uncharacteristic rage at those who treated the Sol senshi with bigotry. She, like the rest, had discovered Pluto's history from Ami Mizuno. Being unable to completely understand the reason why Setsuna would be so stupid as to hold onto such hatred, Jiru had grown angry at herself as well as events that had swept Pluto into such a situation.
Having exploded as the straw that broke the camel's back dropped, XiN vowed to instantly end the war and prove that Sol and Alpha senshi were equal. Running away from her friends and allies, she raced towards the impeding hordes. Having had enough of the glaring pressure she felt since coming to Kinmoku, XiN was ignored by others as she single-mindedly aimed for the impending Doma Shin Senshi that had exited via worm-hole half a planet away.
While other normal Alpha senshians were preparing themselves for war and death, XiN's flight of sadness and rage stirred the few, incognito Doma Shin senshi who had come to participate in the Eon Senshi Celebration – which Dark Star had interrupted with his war. A few of those wild-space cousins of Alpha senshians included 13-sama, a fox-tailed Staro Fox and her elder sister, Space Wolf and J'Urion. These foreign senshi felt the raged that had boiled over in XiN's heart and dropped everything to find the pain and help ease it. So it was only the small Doma Shin group who witnessed the horrible death and rebirth as the mass of battle-crazed Doma Shin brethren tore into the Icy senshi.
When the mass had moved on, 13-sama and Staro Fox had located the death site of XiN, only to discover an icy, crystal chrysalis. So, it was in astonished awe that the two witnessed the emergence of XiN-sama, the Ice Elemental Angel of the Doma Shin Legends. Being clad in hues of icy cyan, turquoises and pale purples, the emerging senshi turned to the two others and introduced herself as the Docca Gib'par Tar, the Doma Shin equivalent of the Alpha senshi's 'Senshi Prime.'
The two foreign senshi immediately bowed to their goddess and humbly asked to serve. XiN-sama explained – answering the unasked questions – that by entering and falling in battle against the evil-crazed Doma Shin horde, her starseed was able to siphon enough different energies to attain the state she was in now, the Docca Gib'par Tar. Her purpose was to forge a way for their cousins – the Alpha Senshians – Senshi Prime to be awakened.
Telling the now gathered force of XiN-befriended senshi – Puck, ET Monarch, Fal'lon, Tal'lon, AO, Gleed, Watercress, Chartemis and – they all had to hurry to the dying bodies of Galaxia and Sailor Moon, XiN-sama flowed over the battle fields to the designated place.
After surprising a mourning Pluto, XiN-sama resurrected the fallen starseeds of Usagi and Galaxia; allowing them to merge into the entity known as Galactic Moon. Greeting a new life, Usagi/Galaxia took command and forgave Pluto her mistakes. Then, after pausing to mourn the fallen Jeshi, Galactic-Moon told the following senshi to accompany her to find Kakyuu-hime.
Pausing to heal and collect the battle-broken forms of Neptune and Uranus, Galactic Moon quickly explained their situation: they all had to band together – evil-converted senshi and their foes, the Alpha Senshians – in order to defeat Dark Star.
Finally finding their remaining friends, and swiftly explaining just how Usagi and Galaxia became one, XiN-sama told the Sol Senshi, Starlights and Sol Civilians they all needed their powers to telepathically speak to all the planet-wide senshi. Announcing how even Galaxia couldn't do that, the senshi voiced their doubts until Pluto, Neptune, Uranus and a few of XiN's friends stepped up and freely give their complete power to Galactic-Moon and XiN-sama.
Reluctantly, the rest followed suit, giving their power to the pair of goddess-like senshi. The two used that power to open up their minds to the rest of the battling world, healing the corrupted minds of Dark Star's minions. Anger raged thick as the embattled senshi all turned their thoughts towards one main purpose: defeating the evil entity known as Dark Star. Above, the evil star felt the tides shift against him and prepared to unleash his doom upon the world below.
Pleading with the senshi via telepathy, Galactic-Moon and XiN-sama led them in a world-wide joining – each senshi clasping hands with the next senshi, creating a vibrant chain of glowing power. The chain of senshi, threatened by Dark Star's blasts and protected by Galactic-Moon's Aura shields, grew longer and larger until it reached its end at XiN-sama's hand. Then, with the growing and amazing faith of millions of connected senshi, XiN-sama took Galactic-Moon's hand as the two prepared themselves for the ultimate blast of energy.
Battling with Dark Star's own last resort, the blast that Galactic Moon sent forth pierced the negative energy and tore straight into Dark Star's heart; causing him to erupt into super-nova mode. It was XiN-sama who produced a force-field strong enough to contain the effects of Dark Star's nova and black-hole, holding in the destructive power from reaching the planet and surrounding space until the event spent itself and vanished.
After a paused silence of fragile belief, the voices of the victorious senshi deafened all living things planet side. Having done their jobs, Galactic-Moon and XiN-sama wavered and vanished; their starseeds forming into their previous, thought to have perished, forms. Sailor Moon and Sailor XiN had returned to life, much to the joy of the closely involved.
Finally meeting the senshi that had thrown their lot in with XiN, the Sol senshi managed to secure Usagi and Jiru, overwhelmed with primal relief their friends were alive – and in Usagi's case, sleeping.
After the surprise return of the third party, Galaxia, the battle-worn Golden Senshi explained the prior events as best she could – along with hazy events that happened in the After-Life. Then, after renewing her death-released post of Senshi Prime, Galaxia began the post-battle cleanup by opening relations with the reclusive Doma Shin senshi – all of whom were overwhelmed by their situation and the appearance of their legendary 'Goddess' XiN-sama.
Having found forgiveness and opening political discussions, the Doma Shin-elected delegate – J'Urion – became an important figure as ties with the two races opened their closed doors in hopes to bridge the yawning gulf of separation that stood between the two races of celestial fighters.
Days later found the Sol Senshi ready to return to Earth, tired and weary of their stay on Kinmoku. With varying degrees of farewells – Setsuna had finally asked for Kinmoku's forgiveness and was granted a reprieve – the Sol senshi used the ship that Senshi Sun and Earth had used to warn Kinmoku of Dark Star's plot to return home.
XiN too, had to bid farewell to her new-found friends and race. When being treated like a cosmic hero, XiN became nervous and shy, had to be hidden away from the masses by her close friends. Staro Fox, Puck, Fal & Tal, 13-senshi and Chartemis all managed to forge varying degrees of friendship with the Sol senshi.
Finally the time came to depart and the small star ship was escorted to the worm-hole home and parted from their Kinmoku friends. Within her room, Usagi and Mamoru finally found time to be alone. Mamoru gave a Kinmokian flower to Usagi, explaining that it would thrive in all of Earth's seasonal climates. Being delighted with the loving gesture, Sailor Moon cuddled with her lover as the spirit of the fallen Jeshi watched mischievously from a nearby mirror, winking before fading away.