SailorStar9: Sorry for the wait folks. This is Chapter 10. Read and review.
Disclaimers: I own nothing. Well, except the pairing I think.
Chapter 10: The Dark Crystal
Demando, Rubeus and Sapphir were standing silently in a dark room. The Wiseman appeared in the room and looked at Demando, "Did you summon me?"
Demando nodded, "We've lost one of our best warriors. But we'll avenge her soon."
"I see. Well, I have the means for you to achieve that revenge." Wiseman commented.
"Tell me." Demando said.
"There's five points concentrical to the Crystal Palace in Crystal Tokyo. They're called the Crystal points. These points upgrade the magic flow inside the city. As long as those points remain untouched, you won't be able to get through the shield the Inner Senshi put around the Crystal Palace."
"Oh... And why are we back to the 20th century, then?" Rubeus asked.
"In this era, the five points are weaker. It'll be easier to pollute them with dark mana. And once that is done..."
"The barrier around the palace will weaken and we'll be able to get through it." Demando noted.
"Exactly." Wiseman said.
"You have no ulterior motives, or do you, Wiseman?" Sapphir asked.
"Prince Sapphir, you should already know I'm only here to serve my master, Demando. I'll do whatever I can to help him. Let me introduce you to our new soldier, the Black Lady."
There was a flash of pink light, and Black Lady appeared in front of Demando. She bowed to the prince and smiled coldly, "I will destroy the Senshi if they dare crossing our path."
"Hmmm... This woman looks familiar." Sapphir noted.
Wiseman chuckled evily, "She was formerly known as the Small Lady."
"The Princess?" Demando asked in surprise.
Wiseman nodded, "I captured her while Rubeus and Esmeraude fought the Senshi. I was going to kill her at first, but then I sensed something. Her power is enormous, albeit untrained, but if we use it to achieve our goals."
"The Senshi will have no way to defeat us." Black Lady added with a wicked grin.
"Rubeus, you must go to Tokyo and plant these Dark Stones in the five Crystal Points. They will absorb all the dark feelings from humans around it. Anger, pain, hatred, all these feelings will be our key to the final victory over Crystal Tokyo." Wiseman explained as he handed Rubeus five fist-sized round stones.
Rubeus nodded, "I will not fail."
"I'll help you if the Senshi show up." Black Lady noted.
"What if the Senshi realize this woman is the Princess?" Sapphir asked.
"I count on them realizing that." Wiseman explained. They won't dare hurting their beloved Chibi-Usa."
"It's good to be back." Usagi said lying on her bed.
"So, how were things in the future?" Luna asked.
"Depressing. The whole city of Tokyo's a wreck, except for the palace my future self's living at. Half the Senshi are creating a shield around it, and the other half's out of the city trying to stop the invasion." Usagi said and sighed.
"Oh..."
"Anyhow, what happened in this century while we were away?" Usagi asked.
"Nothing much. I zapped your parents a couple of times so they wouldn't wonder where you were and Artemis zapped all of the other Senshi's parents."
"Doesn't that have any side effects?" Usagi asked. "I mean, erasing their memories like that."
Luna shrugged, "Don't worry, it won't harm them."
"Can't you use that to make them think I deserve a lot of A plus?" Usagi asked.
"Eeehh..." Luna muttered.
"You know, Luna..." Usagi started.
"Huh?"
"Well, I'm worried about Chibi-Usa . We should be looking for her, not slacking off." Usagi noted.
"That's a strange thing for you to say." Luna said slyly.
"I'm serious!" Usagi snapped. "Uhh.. Sorry about that."
"Never mind." Luna muttered. "I think you're right, though."
"I'll go look for her." Usagi said and bolted up from the bed.
"Just how are you going to do that?" Luna asked.
"Uhhh... I dunno. But the Mercuries can think something out, so I'll look for them." Usagi noted and rushed out of the room.
"Her behavior worries me." Luna muttered. "As always." She added.
Several miles away, in a manga store, Rubeus was looking around. He wasn't interested in buying any manga, though. He had already placed the Dark Stone in it's place. It had the ability to remain unnoticed to normal humans. He once again wondered where the Wiseman got all those gadgets from, and what were exactly his intentions... Maybe Sapphir was right, maybe not... But if the Wiseman was playing dirty, it was not Rubeus' business. Demando would eventually find out and blast him into oblivion.
Fuji was walking down the street, lost in thoughts. That was the reason why he didn't see the blonde zoom out of her house until it was too late. Both were sent crashing to the ground by the collision.
"Hey!" Fuji snapped, then noticed who it was. "Usagi?"
"Eeehh..." Usagi picked herself up. "Sorry about that."
"Never mind. Why the hurry?"
"I was looking for you." Usagi said.
"Oh."
"Well, actually, either you or Ami will do." Usagi noted. "I want to get Chibi-Usa back, and I figured you both could think of a way to do that."
"Eeehh... I guess so. I was going to see Sprite anyway."
Ami opened the door and smiled. "Hi guys."
"Hi Ami-chan." Usagi said. Fuji just smiled back at Ami. "Listen, I was thinking on a way to find where Chibi-Usa is. And I thought you both would know how to do it."
"Hmmm... Well, I don't know." Ami said.
"If we look for those Dark Moon morons, we may be able to find her." Fuji noted.
"There's an idea." Usagi said.
"I could try and track them with my Mercury computer, but it's got a short range, and this is a big city."
"It's worth a try, though." Fuji admitted.
"The communicators." Usagi noted. The others nodded. She produced her comm and Minako, or rather Sailor Venus' face popped up in the screen. "Hey Sailor Venus, what's up?"
"I found Rubeus. Jupiter is keeping him busy."
"Aaaaah!" Sailor Jupiter went flying over Sailor Venus head.
"We're in front of the manga store near the 10th." Sailor Venus said quickly and cut the link.
"Okay, you wanted to find them, didn't you?" Fuji asked.
"How much luckier can we get?" Usagi pondered. "Never mind. Let's go."
"Crescent Storm!" Sailor Venus shouted unleashing her strongest attack.
Rubeus leapt out of the way, and the light attack tore through a sports car, turning it into a wreck. "Missed me."
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
Rubeus punched the attack away.
"By the way, you should get out of the way of that rushing truck." Sailor Jupiter remarked.
"You think I'm gonna fall for that tri.." Rubeus started but was cut off as said rushing truck hit him, sending him crashing through a wall and into a supermarket. He walked out of it, bruised and covered in vegetables.
"Told ya." Sailor Jupiter said with a shrug.
"So you did." Rubeus muttered and charged.
Sailor Venus dodged an energy blast and whirled to face Rubeus, but she got tackled by him. She rolled on the ground and bolted up, breathing heavily. Sailor Jupiter stood right by her side.
Rubeus grinned, "Two of you are hardly a challenge."
"Then make it five!" Mercury Kaman shouted as he, Sailor Moon and Sailor Mercury came running into the scene.
"Icycle Ray!"
"Eeehh... Still not enough." Rubeus muttered and unleashed an energy wave that canceled out the ice attack.
"Ice Shield!" The shield stopped the remaining energy attack, and Sailor Mercury glared at Rubeus, "What are you up to?"
"Me? Nothing much. I just want to introduce you to a friend of mine. Black Lady!"
The pink-haired woman appeared besides Rubeus, "So, the Senshi were foolish enough to try and fight us." She mused.
"Have fun." Rubeus said and vanished.
"Just who is that girl?" Mercury Kaman asked looking up and down at Black Lady.
Sailor Moon looked at the girl. She looked awfully familiar to her for some reason.
"I am the Black Lady, one of the Dark Moon's strongest warriors. Are you ready to die?"
"Just try." Sailor Jupiter muttered and stood in a defensive pose.
Mercury Kaman produced his sword. "Let's dance."
"Wait!" Sailor Moon exclaimed as she finally knew who the girl was.
"What's wrong?" Sailor Venus asked seeing the expression on Sailor Moon's face.
"That girl... She is... Chibi-Usa " Sailor Moon said worriedly.
"What?" Sailor Jupiter said in shock.
"She's right." Sailor Mercury admitted.
:We must fight her. It's the only way to bring her back." Mercury Kaman noted.
"I... I'm sorry..." Sailor Moon said and dashed off, her eyes watering.
"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mercury shouted.
Sailor Mars rushed into the scene with Mars Kaman. "What's wrong?" She noticed Black Lady and rose an eyebrow. "Who is she?"
Tuxedo Kaman dashed into the scene together with the rest of the Senshi. He looked at the pink-haired woman and said, "Chibi-Usa?"
"What?" The rest of the Senshi said in shock.
"Where's Sailor Moon?" Sailor Mars asked.
"She... Run away." Mercury Kaman said. "I don't blame her, though."
Black Lady chuckled evily, "Just the reaction the Wiseman predicted. You are all afraid of fighting me because you could hurt your dear Chibi-Usa. Luckily I don't have such handicap." She unleashed a wave of dark energy and blasted all the Senshi to the ground.
"That hurt." Mercury Kaman muttered trying to stand up.
"We can't beat her." Sailor Mars said. "Even with Moon here we wouldn't beat her."
"No time for... Being pessimistic." Sailor Jupiter snapped.
"I was being optimistic." Sailor Mars muttered.
Tuxedo Kaman just stared at Black Lady. How had the Dark Moon turned Chibi-Usa into that? And what could they do to stop her? "I... Won't let her win." He said standing up. "Even if I must hurt her to stop her."
"Oh, there's some fighting spirit left in you... I'll kick it out of you in a second."
Tuxedo Kaman produced his sword, "If beating you is the only way, so be it..."
Black Lady grinned and waited as Tuxedo Kaman charged at her...
SailorStar9: That's it... for now. Sweatdrops and sighs
