Chapter 25: Back to action! And new transformations.
With the quietness and the peace that has been throughout the city. The girls and their allies knew it would soon come to an end. They knew it was just a matter of time.
What they did not expect was that time to come in the dead of night. Knowing this would be the one time they would not be on their guard.
When they would be sound asleep. Tucked away, cozy in their beds.
All except for one. Chibi-Usa.
She was in the kitchen as she headed in there to get something to drink. As she put the glass of milk to her mouth. Just about to take a sip. The sound of an explosion in the far distance caught her attention.
Chibi-Usa, somehow knew she had to wake, Usagi. She ran to the stairs. She started to run up the stairs. Then what could only be explained as an earthquake rocked the house, that sent, Chibi-Usa flying down the stairs. Chibi-Usa landing on her behind with a loud thud. Followed by a yelp.
"Chibi-Usa!" Usagi, rushed down the stairs to, Chibi-Usa. Who was a bit disoriented from falling down the stairs.
When, Usagi got to, Chibi-Usa he kneeled next to her. "You okay, Chibi-Usa!" Chibi-Usa, Shook her head slightly as she tried to clear her head slightly. Trying to figure out what just happened.
She then looked to, Usagi and nodded her head slightly. "Yeah. I think so."
"Usagi!" Both, Usagi and, Chibi-Usa looked to, Luna as she sat on the top step. "There is something not right about this. I think you and, Chibi-Usa should check it out!"
Usagi nodded her head. "But what about mom and dad?" Luna shook her had. " Do not worry about them! I have already taken care of it. Now go!"
Usagi, Nodded. She helped, Chibi-Usa to her feet. Once they knew she was steady on her feet. They ran from the house.
As they ran. As they got further to the city. They saw smoke. And this is where they would head first, to see what was going on.
As they ran as fast as they could. It seemed to be in vain. As all of sudden they were stopped. Stopped as an explosion came from what seemed from under the concrete. The explosion caused the two girls to leap back. And just in time. But not before, Chibi-Usa and Usagi were separated from each other.
As, Chibi-Usa and Usagi looked to one another. They saw that they were separated by a large hole in the street.
"Usagi!" "Chibi-Usa! Behind you!" "Huh?" Chibi-Usa whipped around to see what, Usagi was trying to warn her about"
When, Chibi-Usa did turn around. She came face to face. With something she could not start describe what it was. To her it seemed to be made of the same concrete that that was under her feet.
The creature slowly started to advance on, Chibi-Usa. Chibi-Usa starting to back off as it did. As she did back off she reached for her transformation broach. And she went to raise it to transform. But as she did. The creature slapped it out of her hand.
Chibi-Usa eyes widen a bit as she realized what just had happened. She went to dive for it. But the creature seemed to know what she was about to do and blocked her path between her and the broach. The creature. Just shook it's head slightly.
Chibi-Usa seemed to be trapped. Usagi was on the other side of the hole. She was unable to transform. She stuck on what to do.
What seemed to be a hand forming from the creature. It raised above, Chibi-Usa. Her eyes widen. In the distance she heard, Usagi calling her name. But she never looked at her. Her eyes was on the creature. She did not even look at, Usagi as she shouted to transform into, Sailor Moon.
Chibi-Usa looked for a way out of the trouble she was in. But she seemed to be trapped from all sides. And still she was blocked from her transformation broach.
She the saw the hand of the creature started to come down on her. She closed her eyes tightly.
She did not know what to expect next. But she did not expect to feel the arms of someone around her.
She opened her eyes slowly as she looked to the one she was hoping just saved her life.
Chibi-Usa let out a bit of a smile as she saw that, Fighter just seemed to save her life.
Fighter smiled but to, Chibi-Usa. She then shook her head a bit. "You must be her daughter. You two seem to get into the same predicaments. Where you need saving. And if you are anything like her. I think you are ready to join this fight!" Fighter handed, Chibi-Usa her transformation broach.
As, Chibi-Usa took the broach. She nodded to, Fighter before saying… "Thank you!" Chibi-Usa then raised her hand into the air and shouted "Millennium Crystal Power Make-up!" "You will be fine now, Small Lady?…I do believe that is what they call you?" Chibi-Moon nodded to, Fighter "That is right. And, I will be fine!"
To the relief of, Moon. She saw that, Chibi-Moon was safe. As she was trying to make it to her. She herself was stopped by some Youma.
Unlike the concrete creature, Chibi-Moon was dealing with. Moon was dealing with one of the, Copies. A copy of the Princess that they faced.
Moon already had her staff in hand . This time around, as she fought. There was only one she had to face. But as she faced the copy, She thought she matter as well be facing several of them.
The one she was fighting seemed to be stronger then the others that they had faced. Moon had slightly distance herself from the Copy. Taken in a deep breath. She had to think fast in what to do in order to take down the, Copy that she was facing. She knew more trouble would soon be heading her way.
Her blue eyes focused on the, Copy. Seeing if maybe she can spot a weak point. And the, Copy seemed to know what she was doing.
The, Copy shook her head a bit and shook her finger at her. "No no no! Do not even attempt to find a weak spot in me. I am flawless! I have no weak spots. You can try to all you can to find a weak spot. But you will never find one! So come at me from any angle! You will…. "Can you just be quiet! You are making the classic mistake that all you, Youma's. Not knowing when to shut up!" The, Copy looked to Moon with a confused look on her face as she said.. "Huh?" She the just blinked her eyes a bit. Then those eyes grew angry. Not happy that , Moon had taken advantage of her distraction to go on the attack against her.
Moon saw it as an opportunity. While the, Copy was distracted as she spoke. She slowly lowered her staff. Bringing the tip of the staff t the ground. She slowly started to gather energy within the staff. When she thought she has enough. She raised it. A small globe of energy. Pure white energy. This is when the, Copy spotted it.
The, Copy backed off a bit as, Moon raised her staff into the air. The, Copy getting ready to counteract the attack. The, Copy smirked a bit and shook her head. "That little light bulb of energy is not going to do anything to me!"
Moon she smiled a bit. "Another classic mistake. Being over confident! I have learned over the years not to make that mistake!
"What!" Was the next words that came from the, Copy's mouth as she heard shouts of … "Mars Star Power!" "Venus Star Power!" "Mercury Star Power!" "Jupiter Star Power!" As the, Copy heard these words bring shouted. A rainbow of energy colors gathered with the white energy that, Moon as produced. Increasing the power of the energy that she had already gathered.
Moon raised the staff over her head. Twirling it above her head for a moment and before slamming the energy ball into the ground. "Say good-bye!" As she slammed the energy into the ground. Different array of lights burst out and headed for the, Copy.
The, Copy was the encased in the lights and was unable to move. She then let out a piercing scream. And she was gone. Moon, with the help of the, Inner Senshi were able to take the, Copy out.
While, Moon was taken care of the, Copy she was dealing with. The others were having their hands full as well . The longer they seemed to fight the, Copies. The stronger they seemed to get.
"Word Shaking!" "Deep Submerge!" Uranus and Neptune were dealing with their own, Copy. As their combined attack were aimed at the, Copy. As the, Copy saw the attacks. She just laughed that high pitched laugh. Then as though the attacks were no more then flies to her. She just swatted the attacks away. A smirked was left behind on her face.
Both, Uranus and Neptune had looks of disbelief on their faces as she stopped their attacks as though they were nothing to her. With that smirk still on her face. The, Copy stared right at them as she spoke. "Nice try girlies! My turn!" She moved her arms in front of her in swift motion.
As she held her arms out in front of her. She opened the palms of her hands and what seemed to be ribbons of energy shot out from the palm of her hands at a lighting speed. Wrapping around, Uranus and Neptune. Binding them together.
They tried to free themselves from the bind that they were in. Finding that the more they struggled. The tighter the bindings became.
"Tsk Tsk Tsk! That would be something, I would advise against. Unless you want to squeeze the very last breath out of your bodies. The more you struggle. The tighter they will become!" The Copy just smirked as she watched the two stop with their attempt to break free. But that smirk faded away when the area around her seemed to leave her in pitch blackness. "What is going on here?"
"Flash!" was heard from somewhere in that darkness. Causing a blinding ight that was aimed at the, Copy. The, Copy shilded her eyes with one of her hands. She then felt the energy ribbons go slack.
Once the bright light was gone. And the normal darkness of the night returned. To where the, Copy was able to see once again. Seeing that it went from just being, Neptune and Uranus. To a third joining them. Nebular stood there. Her sword in hand. Twirling it around on her finger. "Thanks kid!" Nebular looked to, Neptune and smiled a bit. "You are welcome."
They heard a loud growl coming from the, Copy which brought their attention to her once again. "Let us take care of her together!" Neptune and Nebular looked to, Uranus and both nodded their heads and each of them called out their own attacks. "Moonlight Twilight Flash!" With the, Copy blinded once again . "Deep Submerge!" and then for the final blow. Uranus rushed at the, Copy. Striking her with her sword. And with a pericing yell the Copy was gone.
"Nice teamwork you guys! But now we need it over here!" They looked to, Pluto. And without another word, They followed her.
There seemed to be some kind of stand off between the, Copies and the, Senshi.
All of the, Senshi had gathered into one area.
"Well well well! It seems like we have a bit of a battle brewing here! The question here is…who will be victorious!"
The Senshi did not need to look for the source of the voice. They knew who it was from the pervious time they had faced her. They looked as, Princess Tikara made her appearance. Making her way through the swarm of, Copies to the front.
Tikara, looked to the Senshi. A smirk on her face as she did. "You kiddies are not going to stand a chance against my warriors!. The ones that stand before you. Are superior in every way to the ones you have faced before! You Sailor Senshi have no chance against them! I am sure this will be you final fight! Let's get this over with!"
It seemed to happen all to fast. The Copies rushed at the, Senshi. Even before they could do anything to react to their advancing on them.
The Copies actually pushed the, Senshi to retreat a bit. Just to give them enough time and room for them to counterattack the Copies. But the, Copies were trying to get the jump on them. The jump on them from behind.
With their attention on the, Copies that laid before them. They did not take notice of the ones that were sneaking up from behind them. That was until a few objects flew over their heads and landed behind them.
This is when they turned around and noticed the, Copies behind them. And then a line of red roses. Moon looked back. Seeing, Tuxedo Kamen standing there. A smile crossed the face of, Moon. "Tuxedo Kamen! Thank you!" "You girls need to be more careful. Do not count on them to fight fair! Watch your backs at all times! Watch each others backs as well! And let's get this fight over with!"
No responses were need. Then like before. In a flash . Both the, Senshi along with, Tuxedo Kamen and the, Copies went at each other.
As, Tikara had stated before. The, Copies that they were facing seemed to be stronger then the ones they had faced previously. Doing all thy could. But finding it difficult to deal with them.
"Venus Love Me Chain!" Venus aimed at the two Copies that she was fighting. One of them just seemed to stop her attack mid way. As this slightly distracted, Venus a bit. The other, Copy rushed, at, Venus. Throwing her to the ground with a loud thud. Both, Copies then tried to attack, Venus at once as she was down on the ground.
"Starlight Honeymoon Double Therapy Kiss!" With the attack from, Moon and Chibi-Moon. They were able to get one of the, Copies. Letting out a yell and was gone. But the other that was attacking, Venus shielded herself just on time from their attack. But both, Moon and Chibi-Moon were relieved that it got, Venus out of harms way for now.
Venus was able to get to her feet. She then joined, Moon and Chibi-Moon. "Thanks guys!" "No problem! Just glad that you are okay!" Moon looked to, Venus and Chibi-Moon. "Let's try a combo attack on her. Try to circle around her a bit" The other two girls nodded and tried to surround her a bit.
The, Copy was watching the three girls carefully. Trying to figure out what they were trying to do. She watched as, Moon was in font of her. Chibi-Moon to her left and Venus to her right…But what she heard next. The Copy did not expect to hear.
"Star Serious Laser!" Was shouted from behind the, Copy. The Copy getting stunned. Then from the other three came.. " Venus Love Me Chain!" "Starlight Honeymoon double Therapy Kiss" With the combined attacks of all four. The, Copy was finally finished off with a piercing yell.
"Thank you, Fighter!" "Keep the Thank Yous for later. That was just one. And there is many to go. Maybe to many!"
The, Senshi seemed to be tiring from the fight. The fought as hard as they could. But it seemed to be getting them no where. They had seemed to gather together once again. Maybe to try to figure out some kind of plan in order to take the, Copies out.
A few of them seemed to be battle worn. Especially the three youngest ones. "Any one have any suggestions here!" They looked to, Uranus as she asked the question. But no one was able to answer her.
"Alright half time is over! This ends now!" Once again the, Copies rushed at the, Senshi. And like before caught the, Senshi off guard. Though this time., their advance on them seemed to stop just a few inches from them. As though a shield was put up between the, Copies and the, Senshi.
All around they were confused to what just happened. And then soon they seemed to find out what…or who it was that stopped the attack of the, Copies on the, Senshi.
It was just like the first time she had arrived. Nebular seemed to be in some kind of a trance. Her, Moon sword was in front of her. Her eyes staring upon it intently. In a fluid like motion. She raised her hand and grabbed the handle of the sword. A smile came upon her face. She nodded her head in the direction of the sword then she spoke. And when she did. She seemed to be talking to the sword itself.
Another slight nod of her head as she spoke. "Yes, I understand. Thank you!" She then gripped the handle of the sword tightly. A few swift motions. She gave the sword a few good swipes. Once again the blade of the sword had turned the form of ribbons. Making a star shape with the ribbons. Nebular turned to face the Outer and Inner Senshi.
They all watched, Nebular to see what she was about to do. Then from the middle of the star she had formed. A burst of white light came shooting out at the, Senshi except for Moon and Chibi-Moon.
The rest of the, Outer and Inner Senshi were encased in the light. The light making feel warm. Comfortable as they knew this was going to be a good thing.
In front of the, Senshi. Like the broaches of, Moon and Chibi-Moon. A starburst shaped locket appeared before each of them. Each one in the girls respective color and jewel. Each of the girls took a locket in hand followed by the shouts of each of them one by one:
"Mercury"
"Mars"
"Jupiter"
"Venus"
"Uranus"
"Neptune"
"Pluto"
"Saturn"
"Eternal Power Make-Up!"
After they had shouted their new transformation phrase. Each of the girls stood before, Moon and the others in their new, Eternal Senshi form. And they knew with these new forms. Will be new powers. Powers that they were praying to get them out of this fight.
They looked to, Nebular as she stood before them. The sword once again with it's blade. She looked to the, Senshi. She then looked to, Moon as she called her name.
"Nebular. What happened here?..How did you know it do that?" Nebular just shrugged her shoulders a bit. "I am not sure. It was like the sword was talking to me. And, I just listened. Like with you and, Small Lady. And this happened!" She looked to the, Senshi in their new forms.
"Ladies. I am sure this little conversation is a good one. But, I think we need to deal with the situation at hand."
They looked to, Tuxedo Kamen and they nodded their heads.
Once again they seemed to be at a standoff. But that would soon end.
With a sudden burst of speed the, Senshi scattered as well as the Copies.
But unlike before. It seemed that the, Senshi this time was getting the better of the, Copies. Making, Princess Tikara very upset.
Mercury and Jupiter were each dealing with a copy. Jupiter looked to, Mercury. "Shall we give these new powers a try?" Mercury nodded her head a bit. "I think that would be a good idea!"
"Eternal Oak Evolution!" The attack seemed more power then it was before. The leaves razor sharp as it attacked the, Copy. And with very little effort the, Copy was taken out
"Eternal Aqua Rhapsody!" A flood of water came down on the other, Copy. Seeming to drown in the attack. And in an instant the, Copy was gone.
Mercury looked to, Jupiter. "This is great! We can win this!" Jupiter nodded her head a bit. "Yes we can! We need to go and help the others!" The two girls took off to help their friends.
All around. The girls wee using their new and stronger attacks to take out the, Copies.
Soon the number of the, Copies started to dwindle down and the, Senshi were able to take them down. And take them down with ease.
Princess Tikara looked on as her, Copies were being destroyed. She let out a growl. One that got the attention of the, Senshi,
The, Copies retreated back to, Tikara. The, Senshi watching her carefully. She then looked to, Nebular. Remembering she was the one her attack hit the last time they fought. Her eyes narrowed on the young, Senshi. "How it is that you are still alive. I am not sure. But you seem to be causing me a lot of trouble little one!" Nebular just smirked "You are welcome!" This cause another growl from, Tikara. "I guess she does not like gratitude much!" Nebular rolled her eyes mockingly.
Tikara started to gather energy into her hands. The energy turning a bright angry red. Which seems to match the mood that, Tikara was in.
Unsure of what she was about to do. The, Senshi and, Tuxedo Kamen backed off a bit. Waiting to see what she was going to do with the energy.
They watched as she raised her hands above her head with the energy still forming in her hands. Their eyes slightly widen as the, Copies started to merge into the ball of energy. The energy grew big. Redder. "Say good bye!"
She hurled the ball of massive energy at the, Senshi and, Tuxedo Kamen. Before they could scatter for safety. The ball of energy slammed into the ground. Causing an explosion that threw them everywhere.
It took them a few minutes to come back to their senses. For the most part they were battered and brusied. But they seemed to be okay. As they gathered together again. They saw that, Tikara was gone. They looked throughout the area and saw no sign of her or any of the, Copies.
"I think we need to prepare ourselves here. I think we just pissed off the sweet little Princess. And, I am sure she is going to be coming back. And coming with a vengeance!" The looked to, Uranus. And they knew she was right.
"We need to just keep up our guard. And be ready at anytime" Usagi then let out a yawn. "I just hope that anytime will not be on the middle of the night!"