Role Model
Disclaimer: I don't own the
Sailor Moon characters. Naoko Takeuchi does. But I do own the idea, as well as the
second generation of Scouts that I created, and this excludes Rini/Small
Lady/Serena because I didn't create her. ^_^ Got it?
Notes: This is set right
after the season where Helios shows up. I will use American names and spellings
because I don't know the others. And to further confuse you, I'm gonna call
Rini Serena from chapter 3 until the end. (O.o) If you can't keep up, I'll
switch it back.
Warnings: Character death. I'm not sure if there are any more, except for maybe language and some violence. Usual couples...including Amara and Michelle. And, of course, some Serena (Meatball head Serena, not cotton-candy head, as Rini is so lovingly referred to) bashing. ^_^ Oh, and I hope this doesn't come up but maybe some OOCness.
Chapter 2: Absence of Life
"What is
the Multiverse?" Sailor Moon asked.
"They controlled the Negaverse...the Dark Moon
and Negamoon...they belonged to the Multiverse. They collect different worlds.
And now they want Crystal Tokyo in their collection," Serenity explained.
"I...I'll stop them!" And Sailor Moon ran
outside to the courtyard, where the battle was taking place. It was close to
midnight, but the courtyard was illuminated by the constant flares of the Scouts'
magical attacks.
A horde of monsters had surrounded the
Scouts...there must have been hundreds!
"VENUS LOVE AND BEAUTY SHOCK!!"
"JUPITER OAK EVOLUTION!"
The two sweeping attacks together defeated 5 of the
monsters...but there were still too many left. And they just kept coming.
"We won't win unless we destroy whoever is
sending these things!" Mercury shouted.
"Can you figure out who it is?" Uranus
asked.
"Give me a minute and I'll know." Mercury
kept typing on her computer until she finally figured it out. Then she looked
up and gasped. "Up there!" She pointed into the sky. The Scouts
followed her hand.
"Marenda!" Jupiter growled.
"Who is that?" Moon asked.
"Marenda...she's always attacking the palace
with these goonies," Mars told her. "She's one of Ellos's
assistants...and he's the leader of the Multiverse."
"So to get rid of the monsters, we need to
destroy her?" Moon suggested.
"Exactly!"
"HAH!" Marenda shouted. "I wouldn't
give you the chance!" The Scouts, only hearing a faint whisper, looked confused.
"What did you say?" Neptune yelled.
"I said, 'I wouldn't give you the
chance!'"
"What?" Venus shouted.
"I SAID...oh, never mind." She
disappeared, and reappeared closer to the ground. "Now, let's get down to
business...who wants to go first?"
"What is this, Monopoly?" Marenda turned
and gasped.
"Another brat to deal with! Who are you?"
"I am Sailor Moon! You're trying to hurt my
friends...and take over my world...and I cannot allow that! So, in the name of
the moon, I will punish you!" Marenda grinned.
"In the name of the moon?
Yeah...whatever." She held out her hand towards Sailor Moon, and green
energy began to collect around her palm. "The power that the Multiverse
has given me far outweighs the
moon...and you'll be the first of these brats to know it!" She smirked as
the energy in her hand formed a ball, and she pulled her hand back.
"Now, let's play baseball!" She tossed the
energy at Sailor Moon, who stood there, unable to move.
"NO!! Sailor Moon!" She felt a force throw
her out of the way and then the courtyard was illuminated with green light.
And Sailor Moon heard a scream.
"Sailor Mars!" the others chorused. For it
was, in fact, the raven-haired Scout that had taken the fall. Marenda only
laughed.
"One down, seven to go." And she looked at
the minions all around them. "You can leave now, I'll get rid of
them." The monsters disappeared and she was alone against the Scouts.
"You...you..." Mercury trailed off, too
furious to even speak. Instead she yelled, "MERCURY AQUA RHAPSODY!"
And as the attack flew at the associate of the Multiverse, she only laughed and
stopped it with her hand. Mercury gasped. "No!"
"Moon scepter...elimination!"
Marenda was caught off-guard by the attack, which
hit her in the middle of the back. She lurched forward and for a moment Sailor
Moon thought she was beaten. But then, Marenda stood and laughed.
"Very nice, you little pink-haired ninny,"
she spat. "Just a warning, next time you won't get off so easily...and I
promise, there will be a next
time." Just as suddenly as she appeared, she was gone.
"The next time we meet will be your last!"
Sailor Moon shouted as Marenda disappeared...and all was again quiet in the
courtyard.
Until she heard a scream and remembered...
"Oh no, Sailor Mars!" And she ran to where
the Sailor Scout had been carelessly tossed aside.
"She's hurt...badly," Mercury said
gravely.
"But she'll make it?" Moon asked
hopefully. Mercury didn't answer.
"Raye..."
"Serenity!" The scouts turned to see
Neo-Queen Serenity standing behind them, looking sadly at Sailor Mars, who
opened her eyes but winced painfully.
"Serenity," she said.
"Raye, let me heal you!" Serenity pleaded.
But Sailor Mars just smiled.
"That would spend all of your power, you
know."
"I don't care! Raye, you have to live!"
"No, I have to protect you...it's my
duty."
"But Raye-" Serenity objected.
"Stop arguing, Meatball Head. You have to live...and I'm your protector.
It doesn't matter as much if I'm dead, as long as you can still lead Crystal
Tokyo," Raye -for she no longer had the energy to stay in her uniform-
said.
"What about Celia?"
"Celia...my little girl. Tell her, will ya?
Tell her that I'm sorry..."
"Damnit, Raye! You can't die yet! She needs you!" Serenity shouted.
"And...so do I," she added, a little more quietly.
"Me too," Sailor Moon agreed, as did the
rest of the Scouts. "We all need you, Raye. Please, don't die."
Raye was about to speak, but a wave of pain shot
through her body and she found herself unable to.
"I'm so
sorry...Scouts...Celia...please, please forgive me..."
~*~
Celia, the princess of Mars and daughter of Raye,
shot up in her bed...it was still very dark outside her window.
Something felt so wrong...something awful had
happened. She quietly climbed out of bed and pulled a robe around her
nightgown...it got so cold in the palace at night.
As her bare feet hit the cold tile, she immediately
missed the warm, soft carpet that covered the floor of her quarters. She
smiled, just thinking of the room. Guest rooms were always so nice...
She hadn't wanted to come on this trip, leaving
behind everything she had known in her short five years of life. She was born
and raised in the palace on Mars...but when she heard that there would be other
little girls to play with, she couldn't resist. At home, she was always so lonely...
Celia quietly tiptoed down the hall to Rini's room.
The older child had proved to be one of her closest friends, even if they
fought a lot. Rini, who was four years older than herself, was just one of the
people she had befriended. Besides her there was Anna, only a year younger and
the daughter of Sailor Mercury...or Amy, as she was referred to around the
palace.
Anna was a lot like herself, with that extra sense
that popped up whenever something seemed wrong. She made Celia feel a little
more normal.
Then there was Carmen, Jupiter's daughter, who was
two years older than Celia. But she never acted mean or snobbish about that
fact...
Farrah and Justin had been adopted by Uranus and
Neptune a few years ago. Farrah was Celia's age, and Justin was Rini's age. The
most surprising thing about these two was that, though they said they were
brother and sister, they looked nothing alike.
Senna, Sailor Pluto's little girl, was a very mysterious child. She was one year
older than Rini, and was exactly like her mother in every way.
Sailor Venus's child, Allan, almost Rini's age. And
he could be so annoying sometimes...
Then there were the two Guardian beasties: Pi-chan
and Jabber. Unfortunately for Luna, Artemis, and Diana, Pi-chan was a hyper
puppy who loved chasing cats. And her
own guardian, Jabber, was a multicolored parrot who loved to talk.
Celia now made her way to Rini's room and, when she
arrived, found no one there.
"Rini...where
are you?" Then, she saw a bright flash
from he window and heard a scream...the Scouts must have been fighting.
"Mommy," she whispered, hugging the teddy
bear that she hadn't gotten a chance to put down. She ran to the window and
looked down. The Scouts were fighting...and by the looks of things, they
weren't winning.
Now Celia was on her way into the courtyard, where
she could hear sobbing. And she felt the complete sorrow emanating from their
minds and hearts...the Scouts had lost a member.
~*~
"I-it should've been me," Sailor Moon
sobbed. "She tried to save me...Raye, I'm so sorry!" The Scouts were
still shocked by the loss of their friends, but none of them were more saddened
than Serenity.
"My best friend...I never got to apologize for
our fights," she whispered.
"I can't believe she's really gone,"
Mercury whispered. Then they heard a small whimper from the doorway.
"Mommy..." They turned and saw Raye's
five-year-old daughter, Celia, hugging her teddy bear, standing in the
courtyard. "That's mommy, isn't it?"
Sailor Moon couldn't stop it any more and let the
sobs wrack her body. Serenity stood and walked to where Celia stood, wrapping
her arms around the young girl's shoulders.
"I'm so sorry," she whispered to the
child, who stood motionless, staring past Serenity to where Raye was lying
motionless, soundless.
But she didn't say a word.