Cyber Moon: Chronicles.

Act 5: Black Lady.

Episode 55: The Wiseman.

By Razor Knight

Last update: July 10, 2007
Edited: March 4, 2008


Dimando glared at his former advisor. "This is your last chance to give up, Wiseman."

"Why should I when I'm this close to my goal?"

"Because we won't let you destroy this world," Saffir snapped.

"Is that so..." Wiseman mused, then looked past them, as if he'd seen something. "The Senshi... Those pests won't give up."

"Master, I will take care of them," Black Lady said. "They're weak after our last battle, finishing them off won't be a problem."

Wiseman nodded. "Go and destroy them, my girl."

Dimando cursed under his breath. "If she kills them, our future will be destroyed."

Wiseman laughed. "Oh, took you this long to figure it out?" The shadows covering his face was gone for a second, and the two princes could see a skeletal face with empty, glowing eye sockets. "Soon, the reign of the Death Phantom will begin."

"What are you?"

"I'm an immortal being," Wiseman said. "I've fed on the anger and rage of your planet for eons. But as you growth accustomed to the environment, all the rage, all the delicious suffering of your people slowly started to fade. I tried to start civil wars via manipulation, but couldn't."

"So, you used us, right from the start?"

"I needed those dark emotions to exist, Prince Dimando. It was nothing personal. Your anger was easy to exploit, your jealousy of the Earthlings was too good to pass. You had the means to bring me to this planet, and when you saw Crystal Tokyo, you saw an enemy. I saw a beacon of magic that could destroy me if left unchecked."

"Queen Serenity..." Dimando said.

"Indeed. My plan was to corrupt the Earth as I felt there was a relative peace, but with that city standing there, pure and bright, I couldn't do it."

"I don't understand," Saffir said. It wasn't that important for him to know all the story, but they had to stall him until the Senshi arrived. The Wiseman wasn't attacking, which meant he'd also felt their powers were even. "Why come back in time?"

"The Senshi of this time are weaker, and Crystal Tokyo is only an ordinary city. There's no shield stopping me from doing what I did... What you did."

"So, you'll corrupt the city, turn everyone in it evil, then what?"

"Then what?" Wiseman chuckled. "This crystal will grow stronger and stronger, feeding on the anger and hatred of the whole city, until its darkness covers the whole world. I won't need to feed in a few thousand years after I'm done here."

"So, Death Phantom, what shall we do now?"

"We wait," The monster said. "The more I stall you, the stronger I become, but the Senshi are still a menace to me."

"The Ginzuishou," Saffir realized. "That's what you're afraid of."

"That's true, but without an user, it becomes powerless. Once Black Lady kills Sailor Moon, this fight will be over for good."


The army truck stopped as a figure appeared floating in its path. "Should we open fire?" Seia asked.

"No," Moon said, "there's no need to hurt her. Guys, stay here."

"But you..." Mars started.

"For once in your life, trust me," Moon snapped.

Mars nodded. "I always do."

Black Lady smiled as Moon walked out of the truck, alone. "How nice of you to make it easy for me."

"ChibiUsa, I know you're in there. I won't hurt you."

"Too bad I will," Black Lady snapped and shot a beam at her. The beam missed her head for milimeters. "How...?"

"Look," Jupiter said. "Her crystal's shining."

Moon had summoned her Ginzuishou, and was holding it with both hands, as she walked to her 'enemy.' "You keep blaming yourself for what happened in the future," she said, "and that's what helps Wiseman control you. What happened isn't your fault, you wanted to help."

Black Lady backed away as the crystal started glowing. "Stay away!"

"See, even I make mistakes, I let you down several times, I let that Wiseman monster get you once and again. But I don't blame you for what happened in the future. I don't blame you for not telling me the truth before. I'm sure... I'm sure Queen Serenity, in the future, still trusts you."

"How can she..." Black Lady said, "How can she trust me after I let everyone down? She must hate me!"

"She doesn't." Moon said. She was now only a few steps away from Black Lady, but the woman had stopped moving. "I know it because I'm her. I couldn't bring myself to hate you even after you turned evil. "

"That's a lie!" Black Lady snapped.

Moon reached her hand forwards. "You know it's not. Stop worrying about what happened, if you want to correct your mistake, there's only one way."

Black Lady slowly reached her hand forwards, then stopped. "No, the Wiseman..."

"Wiseman's been using you, just like he used Dimando," Moon whispered. "Don't you see it? If I die, if this city falls, you will die too."

Black Lady's eyes flared with anger for a second, before she looked at Moon with a smile. "Mother..." She hugged Moon, and as she did, the crystal's energy washed over her. In a matter of seconds, she was back to her normal form, wearing the same dress she'd been wearing when the Wiseman captured her. "Usagi, I'm sorry..."

"It's okay," Moon said.

As the two got into the truck, Dragon Earth smiled. "Well done, Usagi."

"Where to now?" Seia asked.

"To the tower," Moon said.

"Shouldn't we leave Pinky in a safe place first?" Dragon Mercury asked.

"I need to be there," ChibiUsa said. "I want to see how Moon kicks that monster's rear."

"Such language from a little girl," Nemesis commented.

"Maybe some of Black Lady remains," Mars joked.


Saffir looked down the tower then back to his brother. "It's growing fast."

Wiseman could feel it, Black Lady was no more. And he could feel two beacons of energy coming his way. Two of them? That was impossible! "This has been really entertaining, kids, but it's time you join the rest of your clan in the afterlife."

Dimando saw Wiseman throwing a blast to him, and simply phased out of the way. However, the monster had foreseen this, and had shot a blast to the point where he was to reappear.

"Brother, watch out!"

Saffir's warning was late, but not his action. Dimando looked down at his brother as he laid on the crystal. "Saffir..."

"Don't let him kill... The Queen," Saffir said. "She's our only hope. "

Dimando looked up at the robed man as his brother's body started vanishing. "I'm going to destroy you for this!"

Wiseman slapped the energy blast that Dimando threw his way, then laughed coldly. "You don't understand, Prince Dimando... You're a puppet, you always were." He floated to the edge of the tower and laughed again. "Now, if you excuse me, I have a few flies to swat away. You can stay here and watch as your future crumbles to dust. "

Dimando thought something he hadn't considered yet. "But if the future is changed..."

"I am immune to time changes, to time magic, even. Why do you think Pluto hasn't come to fight me yet?"

Wiseman vanished, and Dimando looked down. There was a truck coming towards the tower, and he could feel a familiar presence in it. "Saffir, I won't let them die."


Ann groaned as she sat on top of a building. "Damn it. I wish there was something we could do."

"Me too, but you felt their power. If we try to distract them, they will blast us to dust in a blink."

"Guess we'll also need to train if we want to keep up with the Senshi, huh?"

A smile appeared in Ail's face, one Ann knew was a playful one. "And what kind of training are you thinking about?"

"Not that kind, you pervert."


The truck stopped as the Wiseman appeared a few meters away from the tower. "That monster..." Moon muttered.

"You know him?" Earth asked.

"That's the Wiseman," ChibiUsa said, "but that's only the name he's used to control Dimando's people. His original name was Death Phantom."

"How do you know?" Venus asked.

"I was his soldier for a while," ChibiUsa noted. It was almost too bad she had lost her power, because as Black Lady she was sure she would've kicked Phantom's rear, with a little help.

"Senshi, there is no point in struggling. The Earth is already mine, it's just a matter of time now."

"I only need one second to destroy you," Moon snapped.

"Oh, is that so?" the Phantom mused. "Why don't you try?"

"Moon Twilight Wave!"

Wiseman looked at the beam dismissively, and his skeletal hand lit up for a second as he reflected the beam back to his foe.

Moon wasn't expecting to have her own attack bounce back, and couldn't move out of the way. The beam hit something else, however, and Moon stared at the figure in shock.

"Ironic, isn't it?" Dimando said as he fell to his knees. "Been your enemy for so long, and yet I never thought I would be killed by your attacks..."

"Dimando, why..."

"Because my whole family is gone... But I don't blame you. It's up to you now, Serenity, destroy that monster. I've already paid the price for letting him use me."

"Oh, how touching," Death Phantom mused as Dimando's body vanished. "An enemy redeeming himself by saving his former rival. Really touching, but it's all for naught. You will all die in the end."

Moon glared at him. "No."

"What was that, little Queen?"

"We won't die here!" Moon reached up, summoning her crystal. Wiseman instinctively floated back, and she smiled. "Still not immune to this, are you? I'll make you pay for all the lives that were lost in your name, and also for turning my own daughter against me!"

"Go ahead and try, Moon Queen. I'm stronger than you now."

Moon's body shone with light, and the others all watched. "Her power shot up to three thousand," Mercury said.

"Moon... Twilight..." Moon summoned her disc and shot it forwards, then stared at her crystal, floating in front of her outstretched palms. "Storm!" She shot energy through the crystal, which helped the resulting beam grow in size. The beam hit the disc, and it absorbed all the power, speeding towards her foe.

"Idiot!" Wiseman snapped. He rose his hand and the disc stopped. "You can't win this fight!"

Moon struggled to make the disc move, but the monster was keeping it frozen. She was feeling the effects of this new attack already, and she knew her energy wouldn't last much longer.

Mercury cursed under her breath. "Moon's power is going down, fast. She's running out of energy."

"We need to help her!" Mars said.

Saturn looked around. "How? I can see none of us has any energy left to attack."

"Remember the North Pole," Mars said. "Well, you weren't there, but if we concentrate and think about it, we can give Moon what little energy we have left."

Seia cringed as she looked back, she could actually see the tendrils of white energy leaving the Senshi's bodies as they concentrated. "Hope they know what they're doing."

Moon felt a rush of energy and smiled. "Thanks, guys..." She whispered. She tried to move the disc again, but Wiseman wasn't giving up.

"Stupid little girl," the cloaked monster said. "I'm feeding off the anger and pain of your whole city. I have unlimited power at my disposal."

ChibiUsa watched the battle from only a few meters. She was afraid if she moved, she could distract Moon, or worse, she could attract the monster. She hated being helpless, that's what had caused this whole mess in the first place. She wished she had a way to help, but... She suddenly felt a rush of power, and looked down. The crystal, the Ginzuishou, was floating in front of her. She glanced at Moon, and knew it wasn't that Ginzuishou, so... The one from the future?

Dragon Mercury smiled. "Look, guys, guess she finally found what she'd been looking for."

"It was inside her all along?" Venus asked.

"Or in her own pocket dimension," Saturn said. "Doesn't really matter right now, but can she use it?"

ChibiUsa held the crystal in her hands and smiled. "It's worth a try. Moon Prism Power!"

Seia turned to the Senshi as ChibiUsa was surrouned by a bubble of pink light. "What the hell, is she one of you too?"

"I swear we didn't know," Dragon Earth said.

Wiseman growled. "Her Senshi powers awakened... Too bad she'll never get to use them!" He shot an energy blast at the bubble, but it was deflected by an unseen force in the last second, and blasted a parked car skyhigh. "What? I cannot miss!"

"No matter how powerful you are, luck is still a bitch to you."

Dragon Earth looked at the newcomer. "I was starting to wonder where she was."

The bubble vanished, and ChibiUsa stood there, glaring at the Wiseman. Her suit was identical to the first one Moon wore, only quite a few sizes smaller, and her skirt and boots were pink, while her bows were a much darker shade of that color. "You've caused us all much pain, Wiseman. It's time for you to deal with the consequences." She reached out her hands and closed her eyes. "Moon Prism Attack!"

A pink energy blast shot from the new Senshi's hands, hitting Wiseman dead on. It was, as anyone could guess, way too weak to cause any harm on itself, but it broke the monster's concentration for long enough to cause collateral damage.

Moon smiled as her disc got embedded in the Wiseman's skeletic chest. "Time's up, Wiseman."

"Not... Yet..." Wiseman snapped and started gathering energy.

The pink Senshi frowned. "Moon Prism Attack!"

This time, the blast was aimed at the disc, and as it hit, it caused it to dig deeper into the monster's chest. Moon shook her head. "Guess you need some help giving up. Moon Twilight Beam!"

As the beam hit the disc's border, it lit up with energy, causing the Wiseman to scream in pain, As the last of the beam was absorbed, the disc exploded, destroying its target completely. "We did it!" Venus cheered as the group leapt off the truck.

"'We?'" Moon muttered. "Just kidding, thanks for the help."

"So... You're a Senshi now," Jupiter said to the new Senshi. "Why the suit?"

"What do you mean?"

"It's pink."

"And what's wrong with pink?" The new Senshi asked.

"Uhm... Nothing," Jupiter said. "So what should we call you, Sailor Half Moon?"

"Sailor ChibiMoon, actually," the pink Senshi said proudly.

"Hey, at least it wasn't 'Mini Moon,'" Mars joked.

Moon turned to Dragon Mercury. "Was my disc supposed to explode?"

"It's Zero," Dragon Mercury noted. "Just call it back."

Moon closed her eyes for a second, and the disc reformed in her hands. "Wow."

"So, what about that crys..." Earth started, but then the crystal surrounding the tower cracked into a thousand pieces, all of them vanishing before they touched the ground. "...tal? Nevermind."

Lilith smiled. "Sorry I was a bit late."

"You're still here?" Mars asked.

"Gee, don't I feel loved," the Lucky Senshi muttered.

"Not what I meant," Mars said. "So... Who are you?"

Earth looked at Lilith and smiled. "You should tell them, Chie."

"Chie?" Moon asked.

"How did you know?" Lilith asked.

"We've been friends for years, I know when something's up with you. "

Mercury chuckled. "I wonder if everyone at school is a Senshi..."

"That would be a mess," Venus commented as she tried to imagine an army of Senshi. "And boring."

Pluto appeared in front of them, and smiled as she saw ChibiMoon. "It all went as was meant to."

"Are you here to get ChibiUsa back?" Moon asked.

"Not yet," Pluto said. "Small Lady, I'll come back when it's time for you to return home."

"Wai.." ChibiMoon frowned as Pluto vanished. "I guess this means I'll stay a while longer."

Moon picked her up. "Let's go home, I think we deserve a break."

"We still have school to go to. We should've let them blast the school again," Venus commented.


A/N: Guess what, there's still one part of Sailor Moon R I haven't included. Next few episodes will be quite flowery.

What's up with ChibiMoon being around this early, you may wonder? Well, I made that Wiseman bastard way too powerful, Moon needed the backup. That's all there is to it, seriously.

It has nothing to do with ChibiMoon being the best thing ev-- I mean, one of my favorite Senshi.

Edit: Corrected one minor error with italics, in Mars' line about "MiniMoon." It's just like when Terry says something in English.