Footprints In The Snow
Author: MoonStarDutchess
Chapter 29: Final Fight
Rating: T
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon.
AN: Hope you enjoy this. Please review. Note: I corrected all the previous chapters and added things. I hope that if you have the time you will go read the better chapters. Thanks..
Final Fight
The group of scouts walked down the long hallway, a cool wind hitting them ever so often.
"And you all lived here?" Star said, looking at Rolan.
"Yea, this isn't the living quarters though. This is the bottom hall," Rolan replied.
"What's at the end of the hall?" Moon asked.
"A main area with doors branching off. One of the doors lead to the Elderan hall where they reside," Meteor said.
They arrived in the main area. It was lighted slightly with blue tinged lights. The floor had a black sunburst type design on it. There was a tall black crystal beside each edge of each door.
Suddenly, all of the doors slammed shut and a wind picked everyone up and threw them against the walls. The scouts recovered and looked up to see Gamma floating in the air. He laughed and it echoed throughout the room.
"You
all are pathetic," he said. "To think that you could..." he
looked toward the inner scouts and Darien. "What are you doing
alive?" he yelled in shock. Sailor Moon stood up and the others
soon followed. He turned to her, "This is your doing isn't it! You
and your little boy toy there gave up some of your life for theirs
didn't you! Well it will do no good! You all will die by the
Elderans's hands. "
"Some of..." Mars started.
"Their life?" Venus finished. They looked over at Moon and Sapphire who was standing beside her.
"Gamma! Why are you doing this?" Aero yelled.
"Why? Why? At first it was for Callisto! Then she betrayed me. Which reminds me, he clinched his fist and a shred of crystal tore through Riden's shoulder. He let out a scream of pain and Meteor turned around in horror as the crystal protruded out of his shoulder. "Riden!" she screamed and rushed over to him. Sailor Moon and the others looked back in shock.
Anger rushed through Meteor's body. Moon sensed it from her friend. Riden went to his brother as Callisto stood.
"How dare you. . ." she growled. Her eyes grew dark as she turned to face him. She lifted her hand in front of her, palm down.
"Meteor!" Sun protested.
"Leave her alone, she needs to do this," Moon said. The other scouts stay quite. Meteor stepped past Moon and looked at her.
"Thank you," she said simply and walked closer to Gamma. She gripped the power in her hand and then spun around. "METEORITE! BLAST!" she threw it at Gamma who laughed at the seemingly puny attack and dodged it.
"You can do better than that Callisto," he mocked.
"Yes, I can," she pulled her hand down roughly and the attack she threw hit Gamma into a wall. He managed to right himself and turned to look at her.
"I applaud you on that one Callisto, try this!" he threw the same attack at her and she dodged it and dodged it as it came back at her. She found herself dodging attacks all over the room.
Gamma didn't know what was going on. He was feeling weaker than usual, that attack was not only suppose to be stronger but it was suppose to be two orbs of energy.
"We have to help her," Mars said stepping up. Serena raised her hand to stop Rei. She didn't take her eyes off of Meteor and Gamma.
"Do you want Gamma to learn your attacks as well?" Sapphire spoke to Rei.
"He's right," Aero said. Rei turned to him. "Gamma copies attacks. He sees it once and he has it memorized. Meteor knows what she is doing," he said.
Meteor attacked the copy of her attack with the same one causing the two to collide and explode in shrapnel. She moved out of the way and then yelled "Meteor ice wave!" she blew the chunks of rock toward Gamma, he tried to dodge them but could not escape it all. One went into his shoulder and one went into his leg. He fell to the ground in pain.
She started to walk toward him when he yelled at her.
"You keep away you bitch or I will kill you!"
"No you won't Gamma. You couldn't kill me if I stood right in front of you. You couldn't kill Riden. You and I both know you excel at crystal fighting. If you wanted to you could have killed Riden and I. Since you didn't, that told me that you didn't want to. You don't want to kill us anymore than we want to kill you."
"I...I...' he started but then voices sounded in the hall.
"You failed even with your new powers Gamma," they said.
"Elderans, I..."
"We figured that you would fail Gamma. That is the reason why we've been taking most of your energy. You have helped awaken us and given us your energy. You have served your purpose well! Now we will let our dark energy consume you.
Gamma let out a shriek as he fell to all fours. A circle of dark energy started to encircle him.
Sailor Moon called up her healing staff. She twirled it above her head then brought it straight in front of her. She twirled it in front of her quickly. "Moon Healing Staff, Refresh!" several beams of light came from the twirling staff and hit Gamma before the dark energy could consume him completely. He stood shakily and Meteor helped him over to Riden. The Crystal from Riden's shoulder was gone but he was still in pain. Roland had bandaged it up the best he could with his limited resources.
"I...I ...am sorry..." Gamma managed out.
Riden nodded and said, "Glad to have you back with us." Gamma looked shocked at first but then nodded back.
"Very nice Sailor Moon. Or should I be calling you Queen Serenity?" A male voice sounded. They all turned to the door where the voice was coming from. They heard footsteps and soon a figure came into the slight lights of the room.
He was wearing a long red robe type garment with black trimming. Around the bottom were black sunbursts. His hair was long and black, strands of it framed his face. He had red eyes and under those eyes were strips of red.
"It's one of the Elderans, " Aero said.
"Narave," Gamma supplied.
"One of, where are the others?"
"They
couldn't make it to the little party," he said vindictively. "I
had to have their energy."
"You monster! You killed your own
allies!" Jupiter yelled.
"Yes," he said as if it didn't mean anything to him. "They were weak so I saved them the misery of living and destroyed them. Just like I am going to take your energies, then the energies of everyone in this world and then conquer all the other worlds in the universe."
"You had this planned all along didn't you. You weren't going to give any of us immortality and a place in your kingdom. You were going to take our energies after we did your bidding," Riden snapped.
"Ah, Riden . . .you were always the smartest one," Narave replied.
"We won't let you take anything!" Sailor Moon said. The male looked her up and down.
"Maybe
if you are still standing I'll consider giving you dark energy and
taking you as my queen."
Sapphire growled slightly at the man
and stepped closer to her.
"Over my dead body," she snarled.
"Too bad...but that option can be arranged," he lifted his hand and they flew up and went through stained glass dome section of the roof. The glass cut into them but by some miracle no one was seriously injured. They hit the top of the roof with a thud. They stood and Sailor Moon was the first to notice the surroundings. She looked out further.
Then entire city was black, the sky was a dark red, and people were lying in the streets. The air was acrid and she looked over the edge at the tower they were on and saw that the lake they were sitting on was boiling wildly.
The tower started to shake so roughly that they could barely keep their balance.
Narave shot through the rest of the glass and up into the air. "Isn't my world brilliant? Before I destroy all of you, you will watch your precious Earth be destroyed!" the tower shook more and then they felt it move up. Ami looked over the edge. "The tower is floating!"
It started to move higher and higher. And Narave was surrounded by dark energy as he concentrated.
"Sapphire," Moon said. He turned to her. "I have to fight him in space, away from earth. You need to take the others and make sure that planet power protects the Earth from the backlash of our fight."
"That's not an option," he said. She looked at him in shock. "I am going to help you fight this. Tuxedo Mask is the King of Earth, not me. He needs to do that."
"Sapphire!" she yelled in anger. The others looked at her in shock.
"No, our lives are connected and I refuse to leave you alone."
"Alone?! What in the hell are you talking about?" Sun yelled.
Moon kissed his lips softly and cupped his cheek. She nodded to confirm that she understood and accepted his answer. She then turned to Tuxedo Mask.
" We have to fight him in space, away from earth. You should take the others and make sure the earth is protected from our fight."
"Are you fucking nuts!" Sun exclaimed.
"You two can't do that!" Star protested.
"You will die! There's no way!" Meteor yelled in shock.
They
looked at each other. "We know that but Earth has to be protected.
There's no other option."
"Then I am coming with you!"
Meteor said.
"So am I!" Star replied. The other scouts chimed the same thing. Sailor Moon started to get angry. Sapphire sensed this and decided to be the "bad guy" for once.
"That's enough all of you!" he snapped. Moon looked surprised at him but didn't say anything. She smirked inwardly at that regal attitude showing through.
The scouts got quite.
"Do you care so little about the people of earth?" he questioned. They all looked surprised at his question. "This is our best option. Hell, it's our only option. You need to protect the people that once resided on the moon kingdom and that have always resided on earth/ That is your job now, so do it!"
They all stay quite as the debris swirled around the ship. They all stood and nodded.
"Thank you," Sailor Moon said. "Use planet power to protect the Earth." The ship shook again and Narave laughed. Everyone except Moon and Sapphire joined hands. They all looked at the two as they closed their eyes. Moon's scout uniform was soon replaced by a shiny light blue dress and Sapphire's clothing was replaced by the armor worn on the moon. They turned to the scouts and nodded. The scouts teleported off the ship.
Serena and Sapphire turned to Narave who is now laughing wildly. "So they left you here? Some friends, no matter, they will die soon anyway." The ship gained wild speed as it speed up into the air. Serena and Sapphire got as low as they could to escape the air pressure. They held hands and concentrated on putting a shield around them to protect them from both the air pressure and the atmospheric heat they were sure to hit. They groaned as it got harder and harder to breath and it got hotter the further up they went.
The others appeared on the ground and watched as the ship gained altitude and soon disappeared. They looked at each other. There was no time for tears. They had to protect their planet. They all joined hands and concentrated a beam of light came from each one of them.
The ship shattered into two pieces as it entered orbit around Earth. "You fools, you will die up here!" Narave yelled. As he powered dark energy in his hands. Serena and Sapphire stood and looked out at the earth which was now surrounded by a beautiful light. Narave screamed as he launched the attack only to have it reflected off, but only barely. Serena and Sapphire knew that they would have to destroy Narave by using all of the energy they had. Serena's crystal floated in front of them. It encircled them changing their outfits to pure white. Serena held out her hands in front of her and an white orb appeared. Sapphire put his hands even with hers adding to the power as well. She moved back against him.
"NO! Why wasn't it destroyed!" he looked menacingly at them. "YOU WILL PAY!" he yelled and his eyes grew red. He powered his body up as far as it would go and launched a dark beam at the two. They launched the white one back. debris from the ship they were standing on blew around them at the pressure the blasts were causing. Serena and Sapphire could feel their energies drifting away as they pushed the power toward Narave. He was trying his damnest to kill them and knew he was failing. With one final burst the energy came so close to Serena and Sapphire that they could feel it.
They gathered their life force energy and put it into their beam. Sapphire whispered I love you into Serena's ear and she said the same. They finally let the beam go and the weakened Narave exploded into crystals. Serena and Sapphire fell to the ground. They used the slight remaining energy to intertwine their fingers before dying there. Their bodies were engulfed by a beautiful gold lighter before the energy from the explosion did it.
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The scouts felt the force from the explosion and struggled to hold the barrier up. When the force finally calmed they let the barrier go. They all knew, by faith alone, that Serena and Sapphire had destroyed the enemy.
They all fell to the ground in exhaustion. They looked up as a shiny rain like essence fell from the sky. The earth turned back to normal and the people formerly laid out on the ground were stirring.
"Everything is turning back to normal," Ami said.
"What about Serena and Sapphire?" Star said with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"They can't be really gone can they?" Sun said with tears starting to form.
"I don't sense any life energy from either," Mars replied and began crying too. Everyone in the group started to cry.
"No," Star whimpered. Roland took her in his arms.
Pluto was gripping her staff for all it was worth. She felt like she had failed the future somehow but allowing this to happen yet she knew she couldn't interfere. Gamma looked over at her and some strange feeling washed over him. It was like he was suppose to comfort the beautiful sailor scout. He laid a hand on her shoulder and she turned to look at him. Meteor and Riden smiled when Pluto hugged him and cried onto his chest.
Darien was the worst for wear but he had no tears in him. Serena died free and with someone she loved. He knew that wherever she was she had no regrets.
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Serena stirred when she felt a cool air against her face. She sat up quickly prepared for a fight when she saw that she was in a beautiful white fluffy dress. She wouldn't fight in something like that. She looked around and it appeared she was in a courtyard. It was snowing yet it wasn't that cold. It was lightly coating the ground. She looked across the yard and saw a familiar man, also dressed in white leaning against a railing. She stood and smiled.
"Sapphire!" she yelled. He turned and smiled back. He started walking over to her but Serena thought he was much too slow and ran to him. She threw her arms around his neck and he wrapped his arms around her waist. He bent to kiss her. When they pulled away she asked, "Are we dead?"
"Not sure," he asked then brought his lips back to hers. A uncomfortable cough caused them to pull away. It was Cecilia. She was standing there with a blush on her face.
"Um… the king and queen would like to speak with you."
"Oh," Serena said then looked at Sapphire who just nodded. They pulled apart and held hands. The three of them walked down the hall and came to the same room that they'd been to before the battle. The king and queen entered and smiled at them.
"You saved the earth, everything is back to normal," the king said. This thrilled Serena and Sapphire. Serenity took a step.
"You still have a bit of life-force left we can send you back to live normal lives or you can stay here and take our place guiding the scouts and their new leader whoever you may choose."
"Would we still be our same ages, would we know each other?" Serena asked.
"Yes, you will be together. You both will be able to make the choices you were making before. However, you two won't have any powers but will remember everything that has happened. You both will be normal human beings. You have to get the crystal to the new leader after two years when you decide who that is. That will be your final decision as royalty of the moon kingdom. You will also have to age a few years. Your skills will be set as if you went to college for those years.
"What if we choose to take your place?"
"You will live here and guide the sailors as we did you," Serenity said.
"I don't think we could do as good of a job as you do." Serena said and looked at Sapphire. He nodded, already knowing what she wanted and agreeing whole heartedly.
AN: It's not over. Still have a epilogue to go. Please go and drop a review.
