Chapter 9
Sailor Destiny gets a distance away from the temple and stops. The tears that fall down her face blur her vision. She feels helpless and lost. She is stuck in a battle that will not lead to the victory it should.
"Sailor Destiny!"
She hears her name called and looks toward the sky. Aliegh is circling far above her. She tries to wipe away the tears, not wanting the guardian to see her crying, but it is too late. Aliegh lands before her before she is ready. "Some Sailor Destiny I am." She tells Aliegh. "I can't keep anything going the way it should."
"You are not a seer." Aliegh tells her. "It is not your job to guide. Your job is to protect people so that they can follow their destinies. There are always going to be wrong turns and destinies that go wrong."
"Thank you, Aliegh." She smiles to the wise bird. "I understand a little better then I once did."
"Come then, Sailor Storm just joined the battle."
Sailor Destiny begins to run toward the sounds of battle.
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As the light fades from around Usagi, she finds herself surrounded in darkness. She looks around frantically, but cannot find anyway out. Finally, with despair in her heart, she sits down in the darkness. She sits there for a long time crying. All the while, frustration grows within her.
After a while, she stands and holds the crystal before her. "Moon Cosmic Power!" She yells, but nothing happens.
"Sailor Moon is dead, child." She hears a male voice tell her.
"Why?" She asks as a tear runs down her cheek. "Who will save my friends if Sailor Moon is dead?"
"So, they are still your friends? You abandoned them. Why do you go back now?"
More tears slide down her face as what the voice tells her sinks in. She looks down at the rainbow colored crystal. "I was foolish for leaving them." She whispers. "I had someone show me that life is too short to worry about petty things. I should not have run just because the man I love no longer loves me. If he truly does not love me, then he is free. My duties as Sailor Moon need to go on and should have been my priority. I must keep life safe for the innocent."
"You have grown up a lot, Young Princess. Open your eyes and you will see the light."
Usagi doesn't understand what she has been told. Her eyes are already open, but she tries to open them anyway. As she does, light begins to fill her vision. Once her eyes adjust, she sees she stands before a fountain in a small garden.
"My name is Gideon, Princess."
"Thank you, Gideon." She glances around the garden, and then back to the crystal in her hands. "The gardens are beautiful, Gideon. This crystal is as well, but I am not sure how it works."
"Unfortunately, neither do I." Gideon replies. "Gem never tested it, but you must figure it out quick. Time is running out."
Usagi looks into the fountain's base. Images begin to form in the water. She sees images of Senshi that she knows and some Senshi she has never met and yet somehow they seem familiar to her. All of these Senshi are fighting giant crystal creatures. Many of the Senshi are loosing and quickly. Usagi looks away, not wanting to see any of them killed. She looks down at the crystal. "Please show me." She whispers.
A rainbow colored light begins to surround Usagi. She raises the crystal above her head as the words she knows she must utter come to the tip of her tongue. "Cosmic Universal Power!" She yells. The rainbow colored waves of energy completely surround her body.
As the energy subsides, a Sailor Senshi stands in Usagi's place. Her skirt, bows, and the ribs on her boots and gloves are a rainbow color. The blouse, gloves and boots are whit in color. She has no tiara only her crescent moon is visible on her forehead. The area in the middle of the front bow holds a brooch with the symbol of each Senshi, known and unknown. She feels the power of the Rainbow Universal Gem that resides inside. Her hair is no longer short or blonde. Her hair is silver in color and in a long braid down the middle of her back. In her hands, she holds a silver staff. Mounted on the top of the staff, is a clear smoky gray orb. IN the center of the orb are hundreds of specks of light.
She looks toward Gideon. "I will save them all." She turns and begins to walk toward the entrance of the garden.
"Even if it means your life, Usagi?" Gideon asks.
"Yes." She whispers as she reaches the gate.
"Usagi." Usagi turns and looks at Gideon. "Sailor Moon is gone. Who are you now?"
Usagi smiles at Gideon. "I fight for love and justice. I stand for the past and fight for the future. I am the Sailor Senshi of the Universe. I am Sailor Universe." She turns and walks out of the garden.