HOMEWARD BOUND
Deep within the caves of the Negaverse, six intruders made their way slowly to their destination. With the knowledge given to them by Queen Serenity of the Moon Kingdom, the six warrior girls were ready for anything. They walked together, the newest of their team in the lead, as they searched for a way home. The Queen had said there was something that needed to be done before they could leave and for that fate was the reason they searched. Hours had past since the meeting and now, tired and hungry, they continued bravely forwards.
"Please, let's stop. We can all take nice long naps in this little cave here. We're all tired and we deserve it," Sailor Moon wailed.
"If we stop, Azurite will catch us and we'll either be killed or pawns of the Negaverse. Do you want that to happen?" Sailor Sun snapped.
Sailor Moon retreated behind Sailor Jupiter.
"Calm down, we're all scared," Sailor Mars said wearily.
Sailor Sun didn't answer. She gestured and began to walk again. With a sigh, the other scouts followed.
"Those pesky scouts are getting closer. We have to revive the Dark Scout to release the Negaforce. When it is free, the earth will be ours!" Azurite cried.
She picked up a pebble from the ground and touched it. It began to grow. Slowly, it took the form of a Negaverse warrior. She was tall and muscular, made completely out of stone. She turned to her mistress and bowed.
"Pebbla, finish off the scouts, but let Sailor Moon and the Dark Scout come to me," Azurite ordered.
The newly formed monster bowed and disappeared.
"Stop, Sailor Sun! We can't go on anymore," Sailor Venus cried.
Sailor Sun turned to look at her friends. They were all drooping with exhaustion and their clothes were tattered and dirty. Their eyes stared at the sixth scout pleadingly.
"We need to keep moving. I'm just as tired as you are, but they'll get us if we stop," Sailor Sun explained.
"If you were as tired as us, you wouldn't be standing right now," Sailor Jupiter mumbled.
Sailor Mercury punched a few things into her data computer.
"According to this, we've been in here for two earth days. Right now, it's midnight in Tokyo. I can't find any portals out of here. As much as I hate to say it, Jenny's right. We've got to keep moving," she said with a weary sigh.
"Leaving so soon? Please stay and be my guests," a scratchy voice said.
Pebbla suddenly appeared behind them. She extended her massive arms to both sides and hit the walls of the cavern. The scouts watched in helpless horror as the monster caused their own escape route to cave in. Fighting off their exhaustion, the six scouts assumed a fighting stance. Pebbla smiled down at them evilly.
"You all look so sleepy," she said sympathetically. Why don't you rest a while?"
Pebbla began to move her hands rhythmically in front of her enemies' faces. The scouts wearily sank to the floor as the hypnosis reached them. Sailor Sun watched in horror as her friends drifted off. Pebbla held a hand out to her.
"It's your hour, Dark Scout. Rejoin us and my mistress assures you that all shall be forgiven," she called.
Sailor Sun blinked and took a hesitant step forward. From where she lay on the ground, Sailor Moon shrugged off the hypnosis and watched her friend.
"Fight it Jenny!" she called.
Sailor Sun stopped and shook her head, clearing the fog Pebbla had placed on her mind.
"Your hypnosis won't work on me!" Sailor Sun yelled.
She knelt next to Sailor Moon and helped the girl to her feet. Pebbla gasped in shock as she suddenly faced two adversaries. Sailor Moon put her finger above her tiara jewel. Sailor Sun placed her finger below her tiara jewel.
"Moonbeam . . ," Sailor Moon began.
Sailor Sun didn't move. Slowly, her arm fell to her side. Pebbla smiled at her and gestured once again with an inviting arm.
"That's right. Gaze deeper into my eyes and you will be reborn!" Pebbla soothed.
"Guess I'll have to do this the old fashion way," Sailor Moon said.
She took off her tiara and looked the monster in the eye.
"Moon Tiara Magic!" she cried, throwing the tiara.
The monster shrieked in pain and crumbled into dust. Sailor Sun fell to the ground and lay unmoving. The other scouts were still locked in the hypnotic sleep as Sailor Moon sank to the ground.
"Good. Let's have that break now," she said, closing her eyes.
"Pebbla has failed! Prince Rutile won't like this one bit. I'd better get the Dark Scout before I report back," Azurite said through clenched teeth.
She whipped her arm out until it was straight and shot a ball of dark energy at the stone wall. As the innocent wall crumbled, something fell to the ground. Azurite noticed this and bent down to investigate. It was a small root that had been trying to grow in the caves. Azurite picked it up and infused it with her power. Slowly, it grew and was transformed into another monster.
"Vinos, go and bring me Sailor Sun!" Azurite commanded. "Dispose of the other scouts."
The monster bowed and vanished. Azurite laughed. "This one cannot fail."
Sailor Mercury was the first to wake up. She looked around, realization slowly dawning on her as she remembered where they were. Her friends were all nearby, sound asleep. Mercury sat up and pulled out her computer, checking the current time in Tokyo. As she calculated, Sailor Mars and Sailor Jupiter stirred and awoke.
"What happened?" Sailor Mars asked, coming to a sitting position.
"I'm not sure, but we've been asleep all day!" Mercury answered, putting her computer away.
Sailor Moon yawned and sat up. Beside her, Sailor Venus did the same. Sailor Moon stretched and winced.
"I hurt all over! It's not comfortable sleeping on stone. I wish I was back in my own bed," Sailor Moon wailed.
"Me too," Sailor Venus agreed. "But at least we're not tired anymore."
The scouts rose to their feet and noticed that Sailor Sun was still unconscious. Sailor Moon nudged Sailor Sun with her foot, and was rewarded with a small moan. She woke up and looked at the faces around her.
"What's going on? Who are you?" she asked.
"Don't you remember us, Sailor Sun?" Venus asked.
"Sailor Sun?" she repeated.
"Oh boy, it looks like we have a problem," Sailor Jupiter said.
"I guess the hypnosis that monster used on us affected Sailor Sun's memory," Sailor Mercury concluded.
The other scouts groaned.
"At least she doesn't think she's a snooty Princess," Mars said.
"Hey!" Sailor Moon objected.
She knelt in front of Sailor Sun and put her hands on her friend's shoulders. Staring deeply into Sailor Sun's eyes, Sailor Moon shook her
"Jenny, snap out of it! It's us, your friends!" she cried.
"Hey! Quit it!" Sailor Sun said. "Are you insane or something?"
A buzzing noise sounded from another tunnel. The scouts froze as the sound reached their ears. Quickly, Sailor Mercury brought up her VR visor and began scanning.
"There's another portal in the next tunnel. It might lead home" she called.
"Great, let's get out of this dump!" Sailor Mars exclaimed.
"What about Queen Serenity?" Sailor Moon asked. "We're supposed to stay until we complete whatever it is we're supposed to complete."
Mars pointed to where Sailor Sun sat on the ground. "With Sailor Sun in this condition, there isn't much we can do. It will be too easy for the Negaverse to get her like this. We're better of regrouping and coming back."
Sailor Moon nodded reluctantly, looking at Sailor Sun. "Maybe you're right."
"Hold on, I'm getting another energy force from an opposite direction. It's almost the same as the other one. It might a monster," Mercury interrupted. "The energy signals are too far away to be certain."
"So, which one's the portal?" Sailor Moon asked.
"I'm not sure. We have to pick one and go to it."
Sailor Venus and Sailor Jupiter had been explaining things to Sailor Sun. Venus stood up and looked at Sailor Mercury.
"What if three of us go to one source and the other three head to the second one?" Venus suggested.
"Works for me as long as we get out of here," Jupiter agreed.
The others agreed as well. Soon, Sailors Mars, Mercury and Jupiter were heading to the first energy reading while Sailors Moon, Venus and Sun went to the second.
Sailor Mars was the first to see it. The portal shone blue and seemed to be calling them in. Sailor Mercury did a quick scan to make sure it was real.
"Geronimo!" Sailor Jupiter yelled as she dove in.
Sailor Mars followed but Sailor Mercury paused.
"That means the others got the monster" she thought.
The portal began to shrink as Sailor Mercury passed through.
The remaining scouts headed in the direction Mercury had
told them. Soon, they saw a blinding light from a cavern up ahead. Sailor Moon took the lead and they entered the cave. There was no monster, but another shining portal.
"I guess Mercury's computer made a mistake," Sailor Moon thought out loud.
"Should we go through?" Venus asked, looking doubtfully a the portal.
As the two were talking, Sailor Sun had approached the gleaming portal cautiously.
"Guys, I hear something from the other side" she called.
Sailors Moon and Venus stopped talking and the cavern faded into silence. They all listened and heard, faintly, Sailor Mars' voice.
"This must be the right tunnel. I'll bet Sailor Mars opened it for us!" Sailor Moon cried.
"I hope you're right" Sailor Venus answered as she jumped through.
Sailor Moon and Sailor Sun followed close behind.
The portal roughly dropped Sailor Venus in another cave of the Negaverse. She was surprised to see Sailors Mercury, Mars and Jupiter already there. Venus rose to her feet and tried to walk out through the unblocked cavern door. A powerful force field electrocuted her as she tried to pass through, pushing her back into the cavern.
"We tried that already," Sailor Mars informed her, nursing a burned arm.
"What about the computer?" Venus asked.
"No weaknesses or exits. We're trapped," Mercury reported.
Sailor Jupiter slammed her fist into a wall. The crack of her fist against the stone echoed for several seconds as the caged scouts tried to think of a way out.
"There's one thing we haven't tried!" Jupiter declared.
Jupiter stood facing the force field and held her arms against her chest.
"Jupiter Thunder Crash!" she yelled.
The lightning bolt hit the field and vanished. Sailor Jupiter blinked in surprise and sat down next to Mercury. She sighed and put her head in her hands. Mercury patted her on the back comfortingly.
"Look, there's Sailor Moon!" Sailor Mars cried suddenly, pointing through the force field
They all looked and on the other side of the force field was Sailor Moon and Sailor Sun, their backs turned to their friends.
"Where are we?" Sailor Sun asked, her voice echoing through the enormous cave.
Sailor Moon looked around the room where they stood. It was very familiar to her. She saw the huge throne looming before her and recognition suddenly dawned.
"This is Prince Rutile's throne room," she said.
"Who?"
"Whatever you do, don't listen to him and resist anything he tries against you," Sailor Moon warned.
Sailor Sun nodded fiercely and together they waited.
"SAILOR MOON!" Sailor Jupiter yelled.
"Will you stop? They can't hear us and you're giving me a headache!" Sailor Mars cried.
"That's right and soon your fearless leader will be no more," Azurite's voice sounded through their prison.
"That's what you think," Jupiter yelled.
The four scouts sat down helplessly and watched their friends go against the Prince of the Negaverse.
"Welcome, Sailor Moon," Prince Rutile said as he materialized on the throne. He seemed completely unconcerned that his two greatest enemies were standing unrestrained before him.
Sailor Moon clenched her fists and glared at him.
"What do you want, Nega slime?" she demanded.
Prince Rutile stood and walked towards them.
"You know what I want, Moon brat. Your friend belongs to me and I want her back!" he snarled.
"You'll have to destroy me first!" Sailor Moon said.
"I plan on doing just that. Mighty Negaforce! Give me your power!" Prince Rutile screamed.
He swelled into an enormous size. As he grew, Sailor Moon fitted her crystal into the crescent moon wand.
"Now, face the full force of the Negaverse!" Rutile bellowed.
Sailor Moon pointed her wand at him.
"Cosmic Moon Power!" she yelled.
Prince Rutile laughed as her most powerful weapon bounced harmlessly off of him. The trapped scouts gasped as Sailor Moon stood unprotected before her greatest enemy. Behind her friend, Sailor Sun watched and remembered.
"This is for my friends," she whispered to herself.
Sailor Sun held up her ring. Sailor Moon's energy was spent as her weapon failed. Sailor Moon fell to her knees and looked up at her gigantic foe.
"Universal Solar Eclipse!" Sailor Sun called in a powerful voice.
The ceiling of the Negaverse seemed to crack as the full power of the Sun and of the force trapped within it flowed to her ring. From there, it shot at the inflated form of the Ruler of the Negaverse and he screamed in pain. Slowly, he shrunk down to his normal size, the power of the Negaverse gone. Sailor Sun lowered her hand and help Sailor Moon to her feet.
"Did you see that?" Sailor Venus cried.
Sailor Jupiter jumped for joy and let out a cry.
"Way to go Jenny! That'll show that nasty prince!" Mars yelled.
Sailor Mercury analyzed the blast with her computer and VR visor.
"That must have been the force locked in the Sun! But look, it didn't destroy him," Mercury said.
They watched closely as the battle continued.
Prince Rutile slowly came to his feet. The blast had drained him but he still had enough energy to carry out his plan. As Sailor Sun was helping her friend to her feet, he used the distraction to his advantage.
"Nega Transform!" he shouted, releasing the last of his power.
Sailor Sun was hit from behind and instantly surrounded in a gray light. She gasped and fought the energy taking over her senses. The shadow leapt from her ring and tried to engulf her. She screamed as it enveloped her in shadow.
"Sailor Sun!" Sailor Moon cried.
From their prison, the scouts stared in disbelief. They watched the shadow recede and the Dark Scout rise to her feet. Sailor Jupiter lowered her head in anger and clenched her fists tightly at her sides.
"They got her again," Venus said softly.
Prince Rutile struggled to his throne as the Dark Scout of the Negaverse stood over the fallen Sailor Moon. Rutile smiled as he watched his warrior pick her ex-friend up.
"Dark Scout, the crystal!" he ordered.
The Dark Scout threw down Sailor Moon and picked up her fallen wand. She took the Imperial Silver Crystal from it's place.
"Now, use your power!" Rutile commanded.
Using her new energy as the Dark Scout, the girl who had been Jenny shattered the crystal back into the Seven Rainbow Crystals.
"At last, they are mine! The Negaverse has it's Shadow Warriors back! Now, nothing can stop me from ruling the universe!" Rutile laughed.
Sailor Moon lay on the ground, staring at the shattered crystal in her friend's hand. A tear slid down her cheek.
"That's it, we've got to do something!" Sailor Jupiter said.
"The blast from the Sun weakened the field. A good hit should destroy it" Sailor Mercury said.
"I'll do it," Mars volunteered, stepping in front of the field.
"Mars Comet Blaze!" she cried as comets bombarded their cage.
Soon, the four scouts were standing between their old friend and their leader. Rutile laughed at their foolishness.
"Red Crystal, release your captive!" he commanded.
The red Rainbow crystal opened and out came the first Shadow Warrior. It growled at the scouts and began to move towards them.
"Jupiter Lightning Spark!" Sailor Jupiter called.
The lightning bolt barely hurt the advancing shadow.
"Mars Lava Explosion!" Sailor Mars yelled.
The red Shadow Warrior leapt over the river of lava that blocked its path.
"Mercury Arctic Entwine!" Sailor Mercury screamed.
It shrugged off the freezing snow and wind and kept coming.
"It's no use. Take Sailor Moon and get out of here. I'll keep them busy and join you later!" Sailor Venus yelled.
Behind the scouts, a portal opened. Sailor Jupiter picked up Sailor Moon and cradled her in her arms.
"We can't leave you!" Sailor Mars objected.
"Do it, or earth is doomed!" Sailor Venus insisted. "We have to live to fight another day."
Reluctantly, the four scouts went through the portal home.
Sailor Venus turned back to the Shadow. Behind it, she could see Prince Rutile cackling madly and the Dark Scout beside him like a statue.
"Venus Enchantment Attach!" Sailor Venus yelled.
The Shadow stopped dead in its tracks. Venus felt a new force within her as she watched the Shadow slowly fight its way free of her enchantment. A tendril of dread passed through the scout.
If I use my new power, this cave will collapse and I'll go with it, she thought.
The enchantment wore off and the Shadow prepared to attack. Sailor Venus steeled her nerves and faced her final adversary. Behind the Shadow, Prince Rutile watched with renewed interest. Sailor Venus went down on one knee, her eyes never leaving the Shadow.
"Venus Heartache Collapse!" Sailor Venus said and punched the ground with all her force.
The ground cracked and the cave began to quake. The ceiling shook and collapsed. With the last of her energy, Venus sent a thought and the newly formed crystal to her friends.
The four sailor scouts arrived safely in Amy's apartment. They waited for hours for Sailor Venus to return. Serena, now fully awake, sat on Amy's couch with Amy on her right and Raye on her left. Lita paced in the hallway. Finally, they saw Mina's image. She was waving to them from a beautiful place and smiling happily.
It's been great. I'll see you guys around, she said.
The red Rainbow crystal materialized at Serena's feet. She fell to her knees and wept.
"Mina, no!" she cried.
The others cried as well for their lost friend. Luna and Artemis bowed their heads as tears rolled off their whiskers.
"We'll never forget you, Sailor Venus; Mina," Artemis sobbed as Venus' powerstick appeared at his feet.
Author's Note: I am aware that in the Japanese version of Sailor Moon, the scouts were killed by the monsters they fought at the North Pole. However, when I wrote this fanfiction series, I didn't know they had died. The North American version shows the scouts as captured, not dead. As a result, I thought this was an original idea and I had no idea I was copying the true ending of Sailor Moon.
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