SailorStar9: With Chapter 74 out, this is Chapter 75 of this fic. Remember boys and girls, reviews are an author's subsistence. Really, is it so difficult for you guys to review instead of just putting this fic up in your favorites and alerts?
Pairings: No official Tieria/Ami for this Book, sorry. Just canon Mamoru/Usagi and quite possible Setsuna/Hotaru in S Season.
Standard BS Disclaimers: I do not own Sailor Moon, Gundam 00 or the pairings. If I did, the other Senshi would be as powerful as Sailor Moon and kicking MOTD ass more often and VEDA would have least an anti-hacker program installed. The only thing I do own is the plot.
Chapter 75: The Pure Heart Stolen! Usagi's Biggest Crisis
Previously...
"Fool." Cenicienta mocked, Tuxedo Kamen having turned his back on her to race back to Usagi. Opening her mouth, she shot out glass shards at the masked hero and turned him into a glass statue.
"That's enough!" Sailor Venus shouted, the rest of the Senshi arriving to the scene. "The Sailor Senshi now make their entrance."
"So, you've shown up." Kaolinite scoffed and she vanished with Cenicienta, taking the fossilized Tuxedo Kamen with them. "Tsukino Usagi and the Sailor Senshi, if you want to save Tuxedo Kamen, come to Tokyo Tower. That will be where you all will die."
"Usagi, wait." Sailor Mercury stopped Usagi from heading off. "I'm sure the enemy is waiting for us with a trap ready to spring. Now that you can't transform, we have to come up with some other plan."
"I'm still going to save Mamo-chan." Usagi stood her ground and took off, hitching a ride with Haruka and Michiru.
At Tokyo Tower...
"Welcome, Tsukino Usagi." Kaolinite voiced, trapping Usagi once she stepped into the Tower. "Now, get on the elevator. I will show you a route straight to Heaven. Welcome." she smirked when Usagi stepped out of the elevator. "But get any closer and I'll destroy this glass sculpture."
"I don't care what happens to me." Usagi told Kaolinite. "But don't lay a finger on Tuxedo Kamen."
"Very well." Kaolinite shrugged. "Cenicienta." she summoned the glass Daimon.
Said Daimon flexed her arm to reveal her black star mark and shot out the black energy beam to extract Usagi's Heart Crystal.
"What?" Kaolinite gasped when the Heart Crystal was snatched away. "You..." she recognized the two Outer Senshi.
"This is..." Sailor Uranus inspected the Heart Crystal. "It's not... this isn't a Talisman."
"Despite the brilliance it emits, it still isn't a Talisman?" Kaolinite was shocked.
"How brilliant it is seems to be only a barometer of purity and has nothing to do on whether or not it is a Talisman." Sailor Neptune reasoned.
"Looks like this is another wasted trip." Sailor Uranus sighed and returned the Heart Crystal to Usagi.
"Even if it isn't a Talisman, I'll have your life, Tsukino Usagi." Kaolinite declared. "Or rather, Sailor Moon."
"That girl isn't Sailor Moon!" the disguised Sailor Venus cut in. "Stalking after an innocent girl for her Pure Heart and then mistaking her for me on top of that, ten million insults and a thousand needles. In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!"
"But..." Kaolinite was confused. "You're different, somehow." she frowned.
"Then, who is this girl?" Cenicienta pointed to Usagi.
"I have no idea." 'Sailor Moon' shrugged.
"Then, this is a fake?" Kaolinite glared at the Cosmic Heart Compact.
"What a farce." Sailor Uranus snorted.
"I won't let you get away like that." Kaolinite huffed at the two Outer Senshi. "I have to take care of your thoroughly." she used her powers to break the Tower apart.
"No need to stay long." Sailor Uranus rolled her eyes. "Let's go, Neptune." the two Senshi left the scene.
"I won't let you escape." Kaolinite flung the Cosmic Heart Compact to the ground. "Cenicienta, you take care of Sailor Moon and her entourage." she instructed and took off after the two Senshi.
Forming a glass sword with her left arm, Cenicienta shot out a wave of glass shards from her mouth.
"Ice Stellar Barrier!" Sailor Mercury immediately erected a spiked star-shaped barrier to block off the attack.
"Sailor Kick!" 'Sailor Moon' jumped over the shield and landed a flying kick on the Daimon's chin. "Special Attack: Moon Twilight Flash Chain!" she shot out her light-powered chain at the Daimon.
"Usagi." Luna brought the Cosmic Heart Compact to Usagi.
"Ice Dragon Bullet!" Sailor Mercury let loose her ice construct, freezing the Daimon.
"Moon Cosmic Power, Make Up!" Usagi wasted no time in transforming. "Moon Spiral Heart Attack!" she took out the frozen Daimon.
With the Daimon destroyed, the glass coffin holding Tuxedo Kamen shattered.
Outside...
Cenicienta, so you were defeated. Kaolinite sensed the Daimon's demise.
"World Shaking!" Sailor Uranus blasted her attack at the red-haired woman.
Kaolinite side-stepped the attack and dashed towards the Wind Senshi.
"Wind Cyclone!" instead of blasting Kaolinite with the hurricane, Sailor Uranus trapped her within the cyclone, the raging winds cutting up Kaolinite.
"Very smart." Kaolinite sneered, her body covered with cuts from the hurricane.
"Hold it right there!" Sailor Moon cut in. "I won't allow you to blow up the tower that sends happy fun TV programs to living rooms all over the country. In the name of the viewers, I will punish you!"
"So, you're finally here." Kaolinite looked up.
"So, now what'll you do?" Sailor Moon asked, jumping down. "Run away like usual?"'
"Why do you think I called you all the way out here?" Kaolinite scoffed. "Listen up." she revealed a vial of red liquid and the right glass slipper. "This is something I have researched on my own; growth fluid for Daimon. If I combine these two," she broke the vial and let the fluid drip onto the slipper. "I get the same power as Cenicienta." she grabbed the newly formed glass sword. Swinging the blade, she unleashed a wave of glass shards at the Senshi and all of them jumped to dodge the attack. "Seven glass figurines of the Sailor Senshi, I'm sure our Professor will be happy about this."
"Ocean Cyclone!" the air-borne Sailor Neptune released her short seawater cyclone on Kaolinite's back, adding more to her injuries.
"I thought I said I won't let you escape." the battered Kaolinite activated an energy barrier around the battle zone. "Now you have nowhere to run. Are you ready now?"
"Hollow Flame Bullet!" Sailor Mars fired her large fireball at Kaolinite.
"Lightning Soaring Ravens!" Sailor Jupiter expanded the lightning she channeled into her hands into five large lightning birds and sent them towards Kaolinite.
"She has a strong shield around her." Sailor Mercury reported when Sailor Mars' fireball and four of Sailor Jupiter's birds were dispelled by Kaolinite's barrier, the fifth lightning bird managed to hit the red-haired woman, electrocuting her.
"It's dangerous to stay in one place." Sailor Venus barked. "Split up."
"No, we shouldn't separated." Sailor Mercury corrected. "The only way for us to break that shield is to use the Sailor Planet Attack."
"Impossible." Sailor Mars protested. "She'll get us while we're powering up."
"You're finished!" Kaolinite readied the final blow when Tuxedo Kamen cut in with his rose, forcing the redhead to drop her sword.
"Drilling Air Bullets!" Sailor Uranus conjured five air balls in a pentagon formation and fired the air projectiles at Kaolinite, who jumped to dodge the bullets. The Wind Senshi then moved her hands to change the bullets' directions, making them chase Kaolinite.
"Moon Cosmic Power!"
"Mercury Star Power!"
"Mars Star Power!"
"Jupiter Star Power!"
"Venus Star Power!"
"Sailor Planet Attack!"
All five Inner Senshi charged up their energy spheres and fired them at the distracted Kaolinite.
"This can't be happening..." Kaolinite gaped, falling off the Tokyo Tower, along with a couple of falling metal bars." Professor!" she wailed.
In Professor Tomoe's laboratory...
"It's me." Professor Tomoe received a call from Eudial. "I see, Kaolinite has been... then I want you to take over her task. You are my only hope, Eudial."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.
