SailorStar9: With Chapter 95 out, this is Chapter 96 of this fic and I'll probably end this fic in the next chapter. Which means, yes, I won't be covering either Super S or Stars. 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: Tieria/Ami, Mamoru/Usagi and quite possible Setsuna/Hotaru.
Just in case anyone is still confused, Kubo Satoshi is the Present Day Tieria Erde and Faheem Kamal is the Present Day Setsuna F. Seiei.
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 96 : The Descend of Silence? Kheimon Vs. Pharaoh Ninety
"The giant power that is fast approaching through his Tau Nebula is the master of Death Busters." Mistress Nine laughed. "The ruler of Silence, Pharaoh Ninety! And now, if I can get a hold of the Grail, Pharaoh Ninety will appear and the age of Silence will begin."
"Then, we'll defeat you now." Sailor Uranus summoned her Talisman and fired her attack at Mistress Nine. "Space Sword Blaster!"
"Resign yourself." Sailor Neptune declared. "Suijin's Torrent!" she released a much more powerful version of her 'Deep Submerge' water sphere.
"Useless." Mistress Nine mocked, slapping both attacks away effortlessly. Her eyes glowing an eerie red, she vanished into the darkness and had her hair wrap themselves around the two Outer Senshi's legs. "If you don't want those two killed right before your eyes, you will hand over the Grail." she threatened, having held the two Outer Senshi hostage. To emphasize her point, she extended two more strands of hair to choke the two captives. "Now, who should I get rid off first?"
"I understand." Sailor Mercury sighed and willed out the Grail.
"The empty shell of Germatoid?" Mistress Nine spotted Professor Tomoe. "You're just a shell." she sneered and blasted the weakened Professor with an energy blast. "Give me the Grail now! Or he dies first!" she barked. Laughing manically as she snatched the Sacred Cup from Sailor Mercury's hands, she taunted the water Senshi. "Sailor Mercury, after I greet Pharaoh Ninety, I will give you a special choice to continue living as a body for a Daimon. No matter what you do, it's already too late. Why don't you give up? This Grail is an ultra-pure crystal among all Pure Hearts. Love, hate, happiness, anger, sadness, all elevated to the highest level. To win against Pharaoh Ninety after he takes in the Grail, you'd need a Pure Heart Crystal that surpasses it. There is no longer any way you can win now!" she pushed the Grail into the glass container and laughed louder as the Grail was absorbed into by Pharaoh Ninety.
The outsurge of energy eroded the destroyed Mugen Academy as Pharaoh Ninety emerged from the portal.
"This way, Pharaoh Ninety!" Mistress Nine urged.
"Avatar Shiva!" Sailor Mercury summoned her Astral Summon. "Cryogenian Fissure!" she sent the ice spikes towards the evil entity.
"You, who can't even undergo your second transformation, can't stop the Silence." Mistress Nine bragged, Pharaoh Ninety's energy beam easily overpowered Sailor Mercury's attack. "The world for my Master and myself will soon begin. Impossible!" she screamed when a stray blast of power shot out from Pharaoh Ninety, destroying her and freeing Chibi-Usa and Kamal's Heart Crystals.
Sailor Mercury leapt forward and claimed the two freed Heart Crystals and let them teleport back to their owners.
Back in the Hikawa Shrine...
"Their Heart Crystals..." Artemis gasped in surprise as the two Heart Crystals returned to their owners' bodies.
"Then, I'm gone." Sailor Saturn informed the Mau cats and teleported.
In the utterly destroyed laboratory...
"Pharaoh Ninety is gaining power." Sailor Neptune remarked in horror.
"Now, we have no means to stop the Silence." Sailor Uranus spat. "In the end, everything we did goes to waste?" the two Outer Senshi were freed back Pharaoh Ninety's surge of power.
"This is the end..." Sailor Neptune was resigned.
"Sailor Uranus, Sailor Neptune, have the two of you forgotten?" Sailor Mercury asked. "The Grail is originally mine. And what is mine," she held up a hand, reforming the Sacred Cup. "I can always bring it back."
"Sailor Mercury." Sailor Saturn appeared beside the water Senshi. "It's thanks to you that I've been awoken. Messiah of Light, no, Horae of Winter, Kheimon, it is time to put an end to this."
"I know that." Sailor Mercury nodded and turned into her Kheimon form, the Grail in her hands. With her white robes billowing from the power emitted by Pharaoh Ninety, the Winter Horae glared at the invader, the light of the Sacred Cup shining. "Arctic Maelstrom!" she let loose a even more powerful version of the 'Aurora Execution' ice blizzard storm.
With a loud wail, Pharaoh Ninety and the portal were vaporized by the blizzard.
"Nothing less from the Messiah we've acknowledged." Sailors Uranus and Neptune went on one knee before Kheimon. "We have been shown with your true powers in the very end. We have found the true Messiah and the Earth has been saved. Our mission has been completed."
SailorStar9: Any OOC-ness is regretted. *Sighs* Don't you just hate plot bunnies sometimes? Read and review.
