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"What do you think Yuki?" Fiera asked her leader as the two teens, Sibi, Usagi, Chibiusa, Mamoru, Minako, Ami, and Yui sat together in Mamoru's apartment. "Should our fathers be contacted too?"
"No," Yuki murmured, absentmindedly toying with the silver pendant at her waiste. "They would just worry about us and the Golden Crystal."
"The Golden Crystal?" Ami asked, typing away at her minicomputer. She looked up at Yuki with fascination, as did the other future parents.
"Father's crystal," Yuki told her, still toying with the pendant. "The crystal of the earth, much like the Silver Crystal of the moon in power and importance."
"What do you mean my crystal?" Mamoru asked, genuinely wondering about this unforeseen power he could have to protect his friends. "I have never heard of any crystal for the earth."
"That is because it was locked away in this time by Sir Helios," Fiera told the future king. "Sir Helios guarded it at the Earthen Palace until it was time for you to use it."
"I have one of my own," Yuki said quietly, holding up her silver pendant. The pendant opened to reveal a rose shaped, gold crystal that shone softly. "It isn't as powerful as Father's, but that may only be because I lack the training to truly bring out its power."
"Was it given to you by this Helios guy?" Mamoru asked, leaning across the table to get a better look at it. Yuki noticed a small blush covering Chibiusa's face as they talked about the crystal and Helios.
"He was," Yuki informed her future father. "He gave a crystal to onee-chan too, but it wasn't anything too special like the Golden Crystal."
She gave a side long glance at Fiera and Sibi in warning. The two nodded shallowly and returned their attention to the conversation.
"How am I supposed to get the Golden Crystal if it's locked away somewhere we've never heard of, let alone been?" Mamoru asked, straightening up as Yuki put her pendant back on her waiste. Yuki sighed softly and looked towards the ceiling.
"You have been there before, Father, when you were still Prince Endymion," she told him, remembering all of the lessons her father had taught her about their pasts. "It was home to the Earthen Court before the attack on the Moon Kingdom. I believe the key is that Pegasus you guys told me about."
"The one that helps Sailor Moon power up?" Minako clarified, shock clear on her delicate face. Yuki nodded and looked towards her two team mates.
"I think we need to find him," she said quietly, giving a knowing look to the two knights.
"How about that guy?" Jaculin asked Mari, pointing to a teenage boy across the road from them. The two knights were walking around together, enjoying the calm afternoon between training with their team and training with their mothers. They had decided to go shopping and look around the city for a bit, but they were now bored and looking for some guys to hang out with.
"Nah," Mari said, shaking out her long blonde hair and fixing her deep crimson bow. "He's too nerdy."
"Just because he's wearing glasses, doesn't mean he's nerdy," Jaculin giggled, adjusting the rose necklace resting on her chest. Jaculin looked aroun idely before she spotted a tall boy a few stores away. "What about that one?"
Mari followed her gaze and hearts seemed to appear in her eyes. "He's perfect!"
Mari took Jaculin's hand as she sped towards the boy, who happened to be at a flower shop. Jaculin pulled Mari to a stop when they got close enough to see into the store. Mari looked back at Jaculin with a glare, but froze when she saw her best friend looking intently past the boy and into the shop. Mari followed her stare once again to see a girl working the counter with long pink hair with soft yellow flowers in it.
"C-CereCere," Mari gasped, her hand going to her mouth as she looked at her old mentor in shock. CereCere looked up at the sond of her name and looked at the two confusedly before she seemed to recognize Mari. CereCere turned on her heel to run out the back door of the small shop.
"Come on!" Jaculin called to Mari as she ran forward to chase after their friend. Jaculin stopped short when she was half way through the store and realized that Mari wasn't right behind her. "Mari! She's getting away!"
Mari shook her head as tears fell to the ground. "I can't keep fighting her, Jaculin."
"You have to Mari," Jaculin said as she walked back to her friend and grabbed her arm. "We have to get them back from our enemies."
Mari shook her head and turned away from the taller girl. "I don't want to fight them and if you won't let me stay out of the fighting, I'm not talking to you every again!"
"Damn it! Do what you want!" Jaculin yelled as she rushed after her old team mate. Mari turned and left to go back to her mother's house. Once there, she dropped her stuff in her room and went to go see Makoto and Rei at Rei's shrine. After a long discussion with the two older women, and Makoto giving Mari a few lessons on housekeeping, the three warriors were relaxing on the shrine porch and chatting about whatever came to their mind.
"Hn," Mari groaned and clutched at her head.
"What's wrong Mari?" Rei asked the younger girl. Mari shook her head slightly, but a splitting pain coursed through her that felt like she had just been struck by lightning. Mari staggered to a standing position and reached for her pendant.
"V-Venus Planey Power Armorize!" she called out and transformed. Her vision swam and she fell to her knees in pain.
"Mari, you are in no condition to be walking around," Makoto said softly as she and Rei kneeled by the senshi of love. Love Knight pushed them off and stood again. Without a word to either future mother, she rushed off towards where she felt a remless. Once there, she found CereCere holding out a ball, ready to shoot it through a pinned Thunder Knight's chest.
"Colliding Ball!" CereCere called out as the yellow ball bounced from surface to surface until it hit Thunder Knight. A large mirror burst out of her chest and stopped to reveal it as a pale pink color. "It's not it! Eat it my remless!"
"No!' Love Knight called out, bringing their attention away from her semi-concious friend and to herself. "How dare you attack my best friend! I don't care who you are, you will not get away with it!"
CereCere jumped away as Love Knight jumped down to attack her. Love Knight did not know where, but a small power filled her that she recognized was a new attack.
"Venus' Love," she began to call as her hands began to glow, a golden heart forming in between them. "Beam!"
The heart shot out towards CereCere, who was too shocked to even move. CereCere fell back as she was struck with the heart. As she collapsed, the remless disappeared and Thunder Knight's mirror returned to her. Love Knight slowly walked to CereCere. Thunder Knight jumped to tackle her out of the way as the remless reappeared right behind Love Knight. Thunder Knight was immediately on her feet again and ready to fight the remless.
"Nobody is allowed to harm my friends!" she yelled at the remless, all of her anger turning into a strange warmth through her body. Like Love Knight, she recognized this warmth as a new power to help her protect her friends. "Jupiter Rose Bloom!"
A field of roses sprouted under their feet and quickly bloomed, spraying a sticky yellow pollen on the remless and CereCere. An electric spark began to course through the pollen and shocked the remless until it was no more.
"Are you okay Love?" Thunder asked, turning to the blonde senshi. Love Knight smiled up at her brunette friend and nodded.
"Are you?" she asked as she stood to be by her best friend. Thunder cocked an eyebrow at Love in questioning. "I-I overreacted earlier. I'm sorry."
"I shouldn't have made you fight CereCere," Thunder said with a small sigh. "I know you two were the closest out of all of us."
Love smiled up at Thunder as the taller girl swung an arm around her shoulder. The two glanced over to see CereCere still unconcious on the ground.
"Should we bring her along?" Love Knight whispered to Thunder, who nodded and walked forward to pick up the sleeping girl.
"We can try to get her to change back after she wakes up," Thunder said as they began to head for Mamoru's apartment, knowing that is were they could find their leaders. "Unless you want everyone to try before she can make a fuss."
Love Knight giggled softly at her best friend's comment. The two walked in a peaceful silence, happy to have their closest friend back.
"Here we are," Jaculin murmured as she and Mari stepped off the elevator on Mamoru's floor. She shifted the unconcious pink-haired girl in her arms as Mari rushed forward to Mamoru's door and knocked. A moment later, the door opened to reveal a soft smile from the future king at the sight of the young blonde.
"Mamoru-sama," Mari started to say as Jaculin walked up slowly and Mamoru saw her. He sighed quietly and opened his door for the two girls to come in.
"Mamo-chan, who is it?" Usagi asked, coming around the corner to almost run into Mari.
"Mother?" Yuki called out, coming around the corner after Usagi and bumping into her. Yuki rubbed her nose and glanced up to see Jaculin walk up behind Mari with CereCere in her arms. "Sibi! Come quick!"
There was a pounding of feet as Fiera and Sibi rushed around the corner to their leader with Ami, Minako, Chibusa, and Yui right behind them. Fiera froze when she saw the unconcious CereCere while Sibi rushed forward to check on their friend.
"What happened?" she asked Jaculin and Mari as Minako turned to go call the rest of the Senshi and Knights.
"We got into a fight," Mari said quietly as her mother wrapped her arms around her shaking shoulders.
"I had to shock her to knock her out," Jaculin explained to the others. Fiera stared at her friend for a moment before Sibi pushed Jaculin past her and to the couch.
"We need to let her rest while we wait for Miss Setsuna to come and decide what the necessary actions are," the Mercurian explained to everyone as they filed into the living room. Mamoru led Jaculin to his room to let CereCere rest on his bed while they discussed the situation.
"How did this happen?" Yuki asked, placing a hand gently on Mari's shoulder as Minako hugged her future daughter. Mari turned towards her leader, wipping tears from her eyes.
"We were just out and Jack saw her, so we got into a fight and then. . . and then I don't know," Mari managed through her hiccups. "It happened so fast that I couldn't even tell why she collapsed."
"That was my fault," Jaculin piped up. "I was the one who had attacked her with my electricity."
"I didn't think your electricity was that powerful?" Yuki said, her voice only a murmur in wonder. How had all of her comrades gotten so much stronger and she was still the same lame princess as before? Jaculin rubbed the back of her head sheepishly at her leader's words.
"Well, we kind of awakened new attacks during the fight," she whispered, knowing Yuki was jealous of the Knights for leveling up their moves.
"Good for you," Yuki said cheerfully, suprising the brunette in front of her. "I'm sure they will come in handy against the Circus."
"I agree," Jaculin nodded. There was a knock on the door, causing everyone to stop their conversations and turn to it. Mamoru opened the door to reveal Sori, Setsuna, and Hotaru, blank looks on each of their faces.
"Miss Setsuna," Mari whispered quietly, tears still clear in her eyes and voice. "Please help CereCere."
"I will do my best," Setsuna said, placing a hand gently on the blonde's head. Mamoru led the three outer senshi into his room and to CereCere, who was still unconcious after all this time.
"Don't worry Mari, Miss Setsuna will figure out what to do," Fiera reassured her second.
"I know," Mari said, wipping her tears away with the back of her hand. "I trust Miss Setsuna, Sori, and Hotaru."
"Maybe I can help a little," Yuki murmured, her brow wrinkled with deep thought. Everyone turned to her with slight looks of wonder on her face. "I mean, all of us royals can. It is a well known fact that the royal families of the Golden Kingdom and the Silver Millenium have powers to heal those possessed by an evil shadow. So maybe, if we can tap into that power, we can help all of our captured comrades."
"Th-That's a really good idea," Sibi said quietly, her mind already thinking how the plan would work. "And King Endymion and Prince Yui are the only one who don't have their stone. Why not call up the King and Queen to ask how to work the crystals?"
"Luna-K!" Yuki called out sending out the small white cat head from her watch. "Please call Mother and Father!"
Luna-K floated just above their heads as a small projection appeared below it. When the picture cleared, the group could see Chibiusa's futureself.
"Yuki? Why are you calling? Is there something wrong?" Princess Serenity asked, worry clear in her high voice. "I'll call Mom and Dad."
"Usa-," Yuki tried to stop her older sister, but the pink-haired girl was already leaving the screen to go retreive their parents. The pink princess was back in moments with Neo-Queen Serenity and King Endymion behind her.
"What's wrong Yuki? Usagi said you called urgently," Queen Serenity said in a hurry.
"It was not 'urgently' Mother," Yuki said while Fiera rooled her dark eyes. "Usagi-oneechan just likes to exagerate."
"We were just wondering how to unlock our powers," Yui said bluntly. King Endymion and Neo-Queen Serenity shared a look before Neo-Queen Serenity sighed softly and leaned against her husband.
"You must have something you love so much that you don't want any form of darkness to touch their light," Serenity answered softly.
" 'Love'? Like fall in love with someone?" Yuki asked, a blush creeping onto her face since her parents did not know about her relationship with Takuya.
"Oh no, nothing like that, but it helps," Neo-Queen Serenity clarified. "I remember that the first time I unlocked my powers was when Mamo-chan had been hurt by Queen Baryl, who was also trying to destroy the Earth. I love your father and the Earth so much that my powers just enveloped me and were unlocked."
"So something to love," Yui repeated, looking at his twin. Luna-K began to beep softly as its blue eyes began to grow red.
"Something evil is approaching," Yuki called out as she dove for the cat-ball. A large explosion crashed through the long wall, causing large clouds of smoke to fill the room. As everyone coughed and tried to look around, everyone could hear a low chuckle sound. The smoke cleared slightly so they could all see an older woman with purple-ish skin floating in mid-air. They gasped when they saw Yuki laying in mid-air in front of the woman, a small trickle of blood dropping from her temple.
"I will be taking her back in exchange for CereCere," the old woman chuckled as she cloud of smoke finally cleared as a new cough sounded. Everyone turned to see CereCere being supported by Sori and Hotaru.
"She took Princess Yuki, didn't she?" CereCere managed to whisper, her pink eyes large with worry and fear.
"Why would she take Yuki again?" Fiera demanded of CereCere, her voice rising to a shout. CereCere looked away from the fire senshi and towards Mari and Minako.
"We snuck into Zirconia's room once, just to have some fun," CereCere informed the two Venusian women. "We didn't think anything of it since we didn't know who she was, but I remember that Zirconia was talking into a mirror and said something about getting the warrior princess under her control. I didn't hear much else because I had to get PallaPalla away or we'd be caught."
Fiera sighed in frustration as she flopped down next to her mother on the couch. All of the senshi had gathered together in Mamoru's home to hear what had happened and all of them looked worried.
"Yuki has yet to unlock her powers," Sibi said quietly, yet everyone still heard her in the quiet room. "But she still has the most training and is the strongest of us all."
"She didn't seem like she was, if anyone I would guess Jaculin or Violette," Rei said, her eyes widening slightly. Jaculin shook her head.
"That isn't what she meant," the Jupiterian girl said. "Yuki has the strongest will out of us. She knows how to fight a range of people because everyone worked on training her and she is stubborn like Neo-Queen Serenity so she won't back down in a fight."
"None of us have that kind of mind in battle," Violette said, taking pride in her leader's ability. There was a loud bang at the door, causing everyone to stand defensively.
"Mr. Chiba!" they heard Takuya yell through the door. "Please open up!"
Mamoru rushed forward, a frown on his face. He openly hated Takuya, so why would the blonde be at his door? Mamoru opened the door to see Takuya crying against the wall next to it.
"I just heard," Takuya said desperately. He looked up with worry-filled eyes at Mamoru. "Yuki was kidnapped by Zirconia."
Mamoru nodded and turned to return to the senshi. Takuya rushed in and fell to his knees before all of them.
"Please let me help! I will do whatever it takes to get Yuki back!" he begged with the senshi, who had to hold back their giggles or smirks at his declaration.
"As are we," Usagi said, her voice turning to a suprising matureness that the senshi were still surprised to hear from her.
"I think what Yuki said earlier is key," Fiera said, everyone turning to to her to see her in deep thought. "We need Princess Usagi to figure out how to release the Pegasus."
"Don't you already know?" Makoto asked reasonably. All of the Knights shook their heads.
"We were never informed as to how she brought him forth," Samantha told them.
"Even if we did know, we would be forbidden to tell you in fear that it would alter the future," Sori told them.
"What do you mean?" Michiru asked her, her typically clear eyes turning cloudy in worry.
"The only thing that our children are allowed to do is to make sure none of you get critically injured," Setsuna told them. "Any information about the future and its events are forbidden to leave their lips."
"It's very hard to follow that rule," Mari said with a small smile, her eyes going slightly distant. "Especially with a mother who looks at evey guy she passes. Sometimes I just want to go find my father and force them to meet."
"That's against the rules?" Minako cried out in despair. She quickly turned to Setsuna, who nodded solemly. "Why? I want to know who I'm going to marry!"
"It doesn't matter who at this moment," Fiera said with a small laugh. "You won't meet him until Crystal Tokyo is born."
Sibi cleared her throat. "How about we get back to the dicussion at hand?"
Everyone calmed at her words, though many of the senshi had an eager glint in their eyes. Michiru and Haruka even looked like they were about to pounce on their daughters for information.
"Um," CereCere said softly. Everyone turned to her to see that she was staring at Chibiusa. "I remember Usagi's tales of meeting Pegasus and awakening him to the world."
"CereCere," Setsuna said in warning.
"The time you had given me has expired," CereCere said with a shrug. "I am no longer bound to the Laws of Time."
Setsuna sighed, but concented to let her speak.
"My memory is still a little hazy, but I remember the stories of the Dream World that Usagi used to tell me and my sisters," CereCere said, her eyes going distant as she remembered. "The first story and the final story were about a young man. He was in chains and looked like a statue with a golden horn. As more darkness surrounded the earth, more chains formed on around him. But, once the Golden King awakened, the light of the Golden Crystal shined across the earth and released the chains from the boy. In return, the boy, also known as Helios, guarded the Golden Kingdom and the Golden Crystal. It is said that he still guards them, though the darkness surrounding earth have begun to chain him once again."
CereCere looked up to see everyone eagerly awaiting her next words, Chibiusa and Usagi were even crying for the boy. CereCere smiled softly as she continued. "In the final story, Usagi told us that Helios awakened to a young maiden's pure dream. The maiden's light helped him escape in the form of a Pegasus, the animal of the Dream World, and come to her in her dreams. As the maiden slowly fell in love with Helios, her light helped him gain strength until he was strong enough to finally come out of her dreams. Once out of her dreams, Helios took the maiden and her family to the Golden Kingdom that had fallen to shadows. There, the Golden King was awakened once again and the earth's light began to shine against the shadows once more, thus saving the planet from evil. Helios and his maiden lived happily together forever more."
"What a beautiful story," Makoto said softly. The other senshi agreed with her. Usagi turned to Chibiusa as tears streamed down both of their faces.
"Where did you learn a story like that?" Usagi asked her future daughter. Chibiusa blushed like a tomato at her words and looked away from the group.
"I know that face," CereCere chuckled. "It means that she doesn't want to answer. In this case, I would bet that, that would mean she's living this story as we speak."
If possible, Chibiusa blushed even more at her comrade's words.
"So, what you're saying," Ami concluded thoughtfully. "Is that we have to wait until Chibiusa can bring Pegasus, or Helios, out of the Dream World."
CereCere nodded. "That's exactly what I'm saying."
Wooo! They have CereCere back! And all of them have new attacks! . . . Well mostly everyone, the Outer Senshi don't nor do Makoto or Minako. They'll get their time to shine soon enough! So please review and tell me any ideas you may have, since I'm just getting ideas from the episodes at this point.