Chapter 3: Revelations
Queen Beryl's throne room
General Molls was kneeling before Queen Beryl, describing her failure with the black rose attack on Princess Serenity and how the new Senshi had used a rose to transform. Through this lengthy explanation, and the annoying groveling, Beryl looked at Molls with contempt.
"You have failed us General Molls. When you swore that you'd be the one to help us finish off the retched princess Serenity. How should we treat this?" Beryl said in a low, evil voice.
All General Molls did was cower before her Queen. This pleased Beryl to no end, so she decided to give Molls another chance. Molls was her best General.
"You have one more chance Molls. DON'T fail us!"
Two Days Later, In the Forest Beyond the Castle
Alara and Serenity walked slowly through the trees, the rest of the Senshi
following along in normal forms. The two princesses of the Moon were total opposites. While Alara's odangos (twin round buns on top of her head that trailed streamers of hair) was solid black, Serenity's odangos were a golden blond. Alara was paler than a ghost while Serenity had a hint of a tan. The only link between the two girls was their blue eyes.
"I heard that a new Senshi just popped in during that meeting a few days ago. Who was she?" Alara asked.
Serenity made a noise like a wounded animal, "We don't know yet. Ami wasn't able to get a scan so we may never know!"
Alara's smile was cut short as a Negaverse portal opened a few feet in front of her. Just as the others automatically reached for their transformation wands, she wondered if she should change too. THAT question was answered when Molls stepped out to greet them.
MOON CRYSTAL POWER!!
MARS POWER!!
MERCURY POWER!!
VENUS POWER!!
JUPITER POWER!!
MAKE-UP!!
BLACK CRYSTAL ROSE ACTIVATION!!!
As Alara transformed right after everyone else, only Sailor Moon didn't see her transformation.
Alara was slowly engulfed in a wave of black rose petals. As they slowly went from her head to her feet, they revealed Black Rose. The first noticeable change was that her hair was loose like Mars' and she had a black rose-like tattoo on her forehead. Next you could see she had on small, black rose earrings and black lipstick. Around her throat was a silk band of black. Her sailor outfit was next and it was ALL black and lacking in bows and the normal gloves. She had only thin strips of black silk at her wrists. Finally, she had on black ankle boots like Jupiter.
The petals finally vanished and Black Rose stood there with the other Senshi. Even Moon had finished her transformation and was staring at Black Rose.
Black Rose ignored the other Senshi and snarled at Molls, "I beat your group before. Wanna try again?"
Molls just laughed and sent a pure wave of evil energy at Black Rose. But Black Rose simply stood there and absorbed it!
SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!! went flying at Molls along with FIRE SOUL BIRD!! , VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!! , and SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!!
As Molls sidestepped the first three, she got caught by the icy storm of Mercury's 'Shine Aqua Illusion' and flew back into a tree, to be only slightly stunned.
With a snarl of rage, Molls launched herself at Mercury, who was shoved out of the way by Jupiter.
Sailor Moon retrieved her Cutie Moon Rod from her subspace pocket and aimed it at Molls. But the Rod wasn't the only thing to come out. What appeared to be a very large, very black, key fell out also and landed on the ground. The key was taller than the average Senshi and began in a double-pointed teardrop.
As Sailor Moon called out MOON PRINCESS HALATION!! , Black Rose bent down and picked up the key. The crystallized black rose, the one she used to transform, appeared before her and gently landed at the top of the key and became one with it.
Molls was easily withstanding Sailor Moon's attack as she stood there with her shield up. Sailor Moon was beginning to fall as the energy was sucked out of her for the attack.
Black Rose, on seeing her sister loose so much energy, held the key aloft and shouted " DARK MOON KEY!! ", then pointed at Molls, who was laughing, and shouted " DESTROY!! ", sending a blast of energy at Molls that was fifty times stronger than Sailor Moon's attack.
Molls' shield lasted only a few seconds under the barrage of dark energy then fell. Molls screamed for even less time before she disintegrated into dust.
Sailor Moon finally slumped to the ground, her Rod falling to the leaves as her hands went limp. Jupiter caught Sailor Moon before she could get close to the ground. With a grunt, she lifted Sailor Moon to her shoulder and began to head for the castle. The other Senshi just stood there and stared at Black Rose, who seemed fine even after the use of such power.
Black Rose de-transformed, the key shrinking with the rose until it was no larger than a normal key, and began to sway.
Mercury whipped out her visor and computer and began scanning Alara even as Mars grabbed her as she passed out.
Later, at the Castle
Alara slowly woke, but kept her eyes shut. She just knew that if they found out she was fine, they'd be yelling for hours. So now was the perfect time to rest.
As she lay on the bed in the infirmary, she could hear Ami muttering over printouts.
When Alara decided that she was fine for now, she quickly sat up, opened her eyes and looked around. Ami was frowning over a printout, Makoto, Minako, and Rei were watching Alara so they saw her sit up.
"How are you?" Makoto asked softly.
Alara smiled and stretched a bit. "I'm fine I guess," she said.
Rei began to scowl. "You shouldn't have done that. You really scared us."
Alara looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry. It's just that when Molls didn't die and Serenity was loosing energy, I had to do something! I just had to! I am a protector! Her protector now." She didn't even glance at them because she was afraid that they were mad at her.
Makoto gave a small chuckle, causing Alara to look up. "I know how you felt. If I was powerful enough, I would have trashed the bitch too," she said with a wink.
Alara smiled halfheartedly at her, then glanced around for Serenity. "Is she going to be all right?" she glanced back at Makoto, looking for answers.
Makoto smiled slightly, "She's fine." Ray just scowled but Minako spoke up. "She didn't even look at you... she just left the infirmary to talk with the Queen."
Alara looked at Minako, "Maybe I should talk to her..." Alara looked puzzled. "But, why wasn't she worried about me?"
Makoto gasped and grabbed Alara's wrist, making her look at her. "Don't ever say that. She's your Sister! She loves you!"
Alara just pulled her hand back and rubbed her wrist, then slowly got up off the bed and began to walk quietly to the door without stumbling too much.
She nodded at all the Scouts and left the infirmary and headed for her room where she could be alone.
Back in the Infirmary
"Why'd you tell her that Minako?? She didn't have to know!" Rei yelled. Minako just looked down at the floor. Ami came out of her office and approached them with a deep frown.
"You guys? Alara was not supposed to be a Senshi," Ami said quietly.
"Then how did she get a hold of that Moon Key thing??" the others shouted together.
"What I mean is, she doesn't get energy from the Moon like Serenity. She used her own energy!" The others just stared. NO ONE had that kind of energy... or did they?
Just then, the alarm went off... Beryl was attacking. It was the Last Battle before they met in a new life, in a new time, and with new hopes.
On each of the other planets, the princesses faced off against monsters of impossible strength. Their calls to their sisters, the protectors of the planets, went unanswered. So each girl cried out to her planet, to beg for help in this time of need.
Vesta of Mercury attempted in vain to grasp the icy control of her sister, Ami, that let her defend the people. As she strove with her eyes closed to find a way of saving her beloved people, a clear crystal rose appeared above her head. The words "Ice Rose Activation" flowed into her heart. She cried out, "Ice Rose-". Before she could finish her desperate plea to save her people, the world went bright, then dark as the Ice Palace was engulfed in lava, Vesta and their last hope with it.
As Demetria of Venus watched her people die in millions when faced with the yoma of Beryl, her heart cried out to the only source of hope, her planet. In her hands appeared a glowing golden rose as words formed into her mind and heart. But as she opened her mouth to cry the words of salvation for her loving people, an ax wielding yoma decapitated her.
Her parents dead, her brother off saving his beloved fiancé, Princess Hanna of Earth raced towards the war that was being waged on all fronts. Her chest hurt but she ignored it in her vain attempt to reach the fighting and throw her skills in with the Army's. Halfway there, the pain in her chest exploded and she stopped dead, arching her back with a scream. Between her breasts, a glowing ball formed, then transformed into a fully bloomed crystal green and brown rose. Her screams died as words poured into her blank mind. She moved to cup the glowing rose and say the words that promised to save her people from dying. Before she could say the words, however, an arrow met with her brain through her left eye, destroying any hope that Earth had without Endymion.
Rhea, from Mars, raised her hands as she cried out in despair for her loosing armies and fated people. Above her hands appeared a glowing red crystal rose. As the words formed into her mind, a yoma (evil creature of Beryl) put it's two foot long claw through her heart.
On Jupiter, Princess-Heir Juno cried as she watched the Yoma army kill her faithful guards. Her heart cried out to her sister, Makoto, to come and help her. As for the last hour, no answer came from her sister or the Moon. Yet, another answered her plea, sending her a brilliantly green and white crystal rose to hover before her. As she touched it, words flowed into her receptive mind. Seeing that something important was going to happen, one of the Yoma lept over the guards and landed behind the princess with his two swords crossed. The evil Yoma used the swords like a pair of scissors and the sharp blades cut through muscel and bone alike, severing the defenseless princess in half at the waist. Her last words, as her green eyes slowly darkened with death, were a whispered plea, "Mako... onee...chan!"
The Death Princess of Saturn, Sheena, silently watched as her world was destroyed by the vast armies of Yoma. Her heart flared with anger and her black eyes narrowed. Only she was allowed to torture her people so. If this kept up, she wouldn't have anyone to ply her newly learned arts of torture on. Locking that portion of her mind away, she touched the link to Hotaru with feigned fright. "HOTARU! HELP! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK! THEY'RE... THEY'RE KILLING US!" Her only answer was a short "I CAN'T HELP, SHEENA! BERYL IS HERE!" This caused Sheena's heart to race. Beryl was with her sister, her other half! She just had to get there to help her twin. With this resolve came a sudden bursting of pain from her chest that was so sudden, she screamed. Infront of her chest, when she could see again, was a fully bloomed crystal black rose. She cried the words that filled her mind, "Death Rose Activation!" As the deepest purple rose petals began to sweep over her, her sister's death slammed into her, stopping her own heart and any, even slim, hope that Saturn had.
On Uranus, Princess Kame watched as her world was ravaged by the attacking army of Yoma. Her gently nature cried out with each pointless slaughter. Pain gripped her chest, causing her to scream, as her heart crystal was pulled from her body. When the tears of pain passed, Kame looked down to see a fully bloomed blue crystal rose floating before her chest. Bits of white flowed through the sky-blue crystal. She moved to cup the crystal in her hands and whispered "Wind Rose Activation." She was slowly engulfed in a wave of sky-blue and white rose petals. As they slowly went from her head to her feet, they revealed Wind Rose. The first noticeable change was that she had a sky-blue rose-like tattoo on her forehead. Next you could see she had on small, sky-blue rose earrings and white lipstick. Around her throat was a silk band of white. Her sailor outfit was next and it was a mixture of sky-blue and white and lacking in bows and the normal gloves. She had only thin strips of white silk at her wrists. Finally, she had on sky-blue ankle boots, just like Jupiter. She lifted her hands, her sky-blue eyes glowing as she called her power. "WIND WALL!" A powerful tornado of wind circled the palace, protecting all those within. With her mind on her power, she didn't realize that she had trapped a Yoma in with herself and the others. The Yoma located the source of the powerful wind and immediately tracked Wind Rose down. Upon finding her, he sent a wave of poisoned needles at her unprotected back. They bounced off her fuku, but they sank deeply into her legs and arms. With a soft cry, Wind Rose fell, the frightening tornado died, and she cried out her sister's name pleadingly with her last breath. "Har...uka!"
On the water world of Neptune, the youngest Princess watched as her family was slowly tortured before her propped-open eyes. A stab of pain built in her chest with each wound, and it doubled with each death. With the death of the older of the twins, Mizu's pain exploded into waves that wracked her entire body. Mizu embraced the pain that blinded her vision and blocked out the screams of Aikou. The pain stopped and the glimmer of a sapphire crystal rose in full bloom drew her sight towards her chest where it floated. Words raced through her mind, words of power and promise. These were words of salvation that would end the torture of Aikou and the rest of her family. As she opened her mouth to say the words, the Yoma nearest her used his hammer-hand to smash her Rose, with her life-force fading, she looking at Aikou's deep green eyes, and mouthed "Michiru will pay for this..."
On Pluto, the farthest from protection and the smallest of the planets, Tenshee watched from behind a curtain as a group of Yoma destroyed her family. Her normally hot-heart burst forth with a new heat. She even had a name for this sudden rage that she knew would never die. 'Revenge on Setsuna and Lanara,' the twin Princesses of Pluto, the first was a Sailor Senshi, the second was a runaway who had blood-bonded with a pathetic Martian Princess. Instead of attempting to put this rage aside, she embraced it, used it to block the pain that built in her chest until it felt like her heart would burst. However, her heart didn't burst, it simply expanded to become two. In a blinding flash of light, a deep green, fully bloomed, crystal rose appeared before Tenshee's chest. The light drew the attention of the Yoma to the curtain, and they all threw their blades at the curtain to sink deeply into the wall, except for one blade. That single blade slammed into the glowing crystal rose, went through Tenshee's chest, and only then plunged into the wall. "You'll pay, Setsuna..." she whispered, but never finished as her green eyes lost the light of life and her crystal rose vanished.
On the Moon, Queen Serenity held her half of the Silver Crystal against her chest. She refused to use it unless she really needed it. However, she saw as Princess Serenity and Prince Edymion were taken by Beryl, and less than a room away, a Yoma thrust his sword through Black Rose's, no! Princess Alara's!, heart. She lost her hope, lost her reason, and used the power of the Crystal. Wishing to send them to peace, she used the Crystal to send her beloved charges to Earth's future, the only planet that still stood a chance of surviving without the Crystal's power.
A wave of white light swept over the Solar System, gathering the souls of the people and sending them to Earth while locking the Yoma into their own universe.
Queen Beryl's throne room
General Molls was kneeling before Queen Beryl, describing her failure with the black rose attack on Princess Serenity and how the new Senshi had used a rose to transform. Through this lengthy explanation, and the annoying groveling, Beryl looked at Molls with contempt.
"You have failed us General Molls. When you swore that you'd be the one to help us finish off the retched princess Serenity. How should we treat this?" Beryl said in a low, evil voice.
All General Molls did was cower before her Queen. This pleased Beryl to no end, so she decided to give Molls another chance. Molls was her best General.
"You have one more chance Molls. DON'T fail us!"
Two Days Later, In the Forest Beyond the Castle
Alara and Serenity walked slowly through the trees, the rest of the Senshi
following along in normal forms. The two princesses of the Moon were total opposites. While Alara's odangos (twin round buns on top of her head that trailed streamers of hair) was solid black, Serenity's odangos were a golden blond. Alara was paler than a ghost while Serenity had a hint of a tan. The only link between the two girls was their blue eyes.
"I heard that a new Senshi just popped in during that meeting a few days ago. Who was she?" Alara asked.
Serenity made a noise like a wounded animal, "We don't know yet. Ami wasn't able to get a scan so we may never know!"
Alara's smile was cut short as a Negaverse portal opened a few feet in front of her. Just as the others automatically reached for their transformation wands, she wondered if she should change too. THAT question was answered when Molls stepped out to greet them.
MOON CRYSTAL POWER!!
MARS POWER!!
MERCURY POWER!!
VENUS POWER!!
JUPITER POWER!!
MAKE-UP!!
BLACK CRYSTAL ROSE ACTIVATION!!!
As Alara transformed right after everyone else, only Sailor Moon didn't see her transformation.
Alara was slowly engulfed in a wave of black rose petals. As they slowly went from her head to her feet, they revealed Black Rose. The first noticeable change was that her hair was loose like Mars' and she had a black rose-like tattoo on her forehead. Next you could see she had on small, black rose earrings and black lipstick. Around her throat was a silk band of black. Her sailor outfit was next and it was ALL black and lacking in bows and the normal gloves. She had only thin strips of black silk at her wrists. Finally, she had on black ankle boots like Jupiter.
The petals finally vanished and Black Rose stood there with the other Senshi. Even Moon had finished her transformation and was staring at Black Rose.
Black Rose ignored the other Senshi and snarled at Molls, "I beat your group before. Wanna try again?"
Molls just laughed and sent a pure wave of evil energy at Black Rose. But Black Rose simply stood there and absorbed it!
SUPREME THUNDER DRAGON!! went flying at Molls along with FIRE SOUL BIRD!! , VENUS LOVE ME CHAIN!! , and SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!!
As Molls sidestepped the first three, she got caught by the icy storm of Mercury's 'Shine Aqua Illusion' and flew back into a tree, to be only slightly stunned.
With a snarl of rage, Molls launched herself at Mercury, who was shoved out of the way by Jupiter.
Sailor Moon retrieved her Cutie Moon Rod from her subspace pocket and aimed it at Molls. But the Rod wasn't the only thing to come out. What appeared to be a very large, very black, key fell out also and landed on the ground. The key was taller than the average Senshi and began in a double-pointed teardrop.
As Sailor Moon called out MOON PRINCESS HALATION!! , Black Rose bent down and picked up the key. The crystallized black rose, the one she used to transform, appeared before her and gently landed at the top of the key and became one with it.
Molls was easily withstanding Sailor Moon's attack as she stood there with her shield up. Sailor Moon was beginning to fall as the energy was sucked out of her for the attack.
Black Rose, on seeing her sister loose so much energy, held the key aloft and shouted " DARK MOON KEY!! ", then pointed at Molls, who was laughing, and shouted " DESTROY!! ", sending a blast of energy at Molls that was fifty times stronger than Sailor Moon's attack.
Molls' shield lasted only a few seconds under the barrage of dark energy then fell. Molls screamed for even less time before she disintegrated into dust.
Sailor Moon finally slumped to the ground, her Rod falling to the leaves as her hands went limp. Jupiter caught Sailor Moon before she could get close to the ground. With a grunt, she lifted Sailor Moon to her shoulder and began to head for the castle. The other Senshi just stood there and stared at Black Rose, who seemed fine even after the use of such power.
Black Rose de-transformed, the key shrinking with the rose until it was no larger than a normal key, and began to sway.
Mercury whipped out her visor and computer and began scanning Alara even as Mars grabbed her as she passed out.
Later, at the Castle
Alara slowly woke, but kept her eyes shut. She just knew that if they found out she was fine, they'd be yelling for hours. So now was the perfect time to rest.
As she lay on the bed in the infirmary, she could hear Ami muttering over printouts.
When Alara decided that she was fine for now, she quickly sat up, opened her eyes and looked around. Ami was frowning over a printout, Makoto, Minako, and Rei were watching Alara so they saw her sit up.
"How are you?" Makoto asked softly.
Alara smiled and stretched a bit. "I'm fine I guess," she said.
Rei began to scowl. "You shouldn't have done that. You really scared us."
Alara looked down at her hands. "I'm sorry. It's just that when Molls didn't die and Serenity was loosing energy, I had to do something! I just had to! I am a protector! Her protector now." She didn't even glance at them because she was afraid that they were mad at her.
Makoto gave a small chuckle, causing Alara to look up. "I know how you felt. If I was powerful enough, I would have trashed the bitch too," she said with a wink.
Alara smiled halfheartedly at her, then glanced around for Serenity. "Is she going to be all right?" she glanced back at Makoto, looking for answers.
Makoto smiled slightly, "She's fine." Ray just scowled but Minako spoke up. "She didn't even look at you... she just left the infirmary to talk with the Queen."
Alara looked at Minako, "Maybe I should talk to her..." Alara looked puzzled. "But, why wasn't she worried about me?"
Makoto gasped and grabbed Alara's wrist, making her look at her. "Don't ever say that. She's your Sister! She loves you!"
Alara just pulled her hand back and rubbed her wrist, then slowly got up off the bed and began to walk quietly to the door without stumbling too much.
She nodded at all the Scouts and left the infirmary and headed for her room where she could be alone.
Back in the Infirmary
"Why'd you tell her that Minako?? She didn't have to know!" Rei yelled. Minako just looked down at the floor. Ami came out of her office and approached them with a deep frown.
"You guys? Alara was not supposed to be a Senshi," Ami said quietly.
"Then how did she get a hold of that Moon Key thing??" the others shouted together.
"What I mean is, she doesn't get energy from the Moon like Serenity. She used her own energy!" The others just stared. NO ONE had that kind of energy... or did they?
Just then, the alarm went off... Beryl was attacking. It was the Last Battle before they met in a new life, in a new time, and with new hopes.
On each of the other planets, the princesses faced off against monsters of impossible strength. Their calls to their sisters, the protectors of the planets, went unanswered. So each girl cried out to her planet, to beg for help in this time of need.
Vesta of Mercury attempted in vain to grasp the icy control of her sister, Ami, that let her defend the people. As she strove with her eyes closed to find a way of saving her beloved people, a clear crystal rose appeared above her head. The words "Ice Rose Activation" flowed into her heart. She cried out, "Ice Rose-". Before she could finish her desperate plea to save her people, the world went bright, then dark as the Ice Palace was engulfed in lava, Vesta and their last hope with it.
As Demetria of Venus watched her people die in millions when faced with the yoma of Beryl, her heart cried out to the only source of hope, her planet. In her hands appeared a glowing golden rose as words formed into her mind and heart. But as she opened her mouth to cry the words of salvation for her loving people, an ax wielding yoma decapitated her.
Her parents dead, her brother off saving his beloved fiancé, Princess Hanna of Earth raced towards the war that was being waged on all fronts. Her chest hurt but she ignored it in her vain attempt to reach the fighting and throw her skills in with the Army's. Halfway there, the pain in her chest exploded and she stopped dead, arching her back with a scream. Between her breasts, a glowing ball formed, then transformed into a fully bloomed crystal green and brown rose. Her screams died as words poured into her blank mind. She moved to cup the glowing rose and say the words that promised to save her people from dying. Before she could say the words, however, an arrow met with her brain through her left eye, destroying any hope that Earth had without Endymion.
Rhea, from Mars, raised her hands as she cried out in despair for her loosing armies and fated people. Above her hands appeared a glowing red crystal rose. As the words formed into her mind, a yoma (evil creature of Beryl) put it's two foot long claw through her heart.
On Jupiter, Princess-Heir Juno cried as she watched the Yoma army kill her faithful guards. Her heart cried out to her sister, Makoto, to come and help her. As for the last hour, no answer came from her sister or the Moon. Yet, another answered her plea, sending her a brilliantly green and white crystal rose to hover before her. As she touched it, words flowed into her receptive mind. Seeing that something important was going to happen, one of the Yoma lept over the guards and landed behind the princess with his two swords crossed. The evil Yoma used the swords like a pair of scissors and the sharp blades cut through muscel and bone alike, severing the defenseless princess in half at the waist. Her last words, as her green eyes slowly darkened with death, were a whispered plea, "Mako... onee...chan!"
The Death Princess of Saturn, Sheena, silently watched as her world was destroyed by the vast armies of Yoma. Her heart flared with anger and her black eyes narrowed. Only she was allowed to torture her people so. If this kept up, she wouldn't have anyone to ply her newly learned arts of torture on. Locking that portion of her mind away, she touched the link to Hotaru with feigned fright. "HOTARU! HELP! WE'RE UNDER ATTACK! THEY'RE... THEY'RE KILLING US!" Her only answer was a short "I CAN'T HELP, SHEENA! BERYL IS HERE!" This caused Sheena's heart to race. Beryl was with her sister, her other half! She just had to get there to help her twin. With this resolve came a sudden bursting of pain from her chest that was so sudden, she screamed. Infront of her chest, when she could see again, was a fully bloomed crystal black rose. She cried the words that filled her mind, "Death Rose Activation!" As the deepest purple rose petals began to sweep over her, her sister's death slammed into her, stopping her own heart and any, even slim, hope that Saturn had.
On Uranus, Princess Kame watched as her world was ravaged by the attacking army of Yoma. Her gently nature cried out with each pointless slaughter. Pain gripped her chest, causing her to scream, as her heart crystal was pulled from her body. When the tears of pain passed, Kame looked down to see a fully bloomed blue crystal rose floating before her chest. Bits of white flowed through the sky-blue crystal. She moved to cup the crystal in her hands and whispered "Wind Rose Activation." She was slowly engulfed in a wave of sky-blue and white rose petals. As they slowly went from her head to her feet, they revealed Wind Rose. The first noticeable change was that she had a sky-blue rose-like tattoo on her forehead. Next you could see she had on small, sky-blue rose earrings and white lipstick. Around her throat was a silk band of white. Her sailor outfit was next and it was a mixture of sky-blue and white and lacking in bows and the normal gloves. She had only thin strips of white silk at her wrists. Finally, she had on sky-blue ankle boots, just like Jupiter. She lifted her hands, her sky-blue eyes glowing as she called her power. "WIND WALL!" A powerful tornado of wind circled the palace, protecting all those within. With her mind on her power, she didn't realize that she had trapped a Yoma in with herself and the others. The Yoma located the source of the powerful wind and immediately tracked Wind Rose down. Upon finding her, he sent a wave of poisoned needles at her unprotected back. They bounced off her fuku, but they sank deeply into her legs and arms. With a soft cry, Wind Rose fell, the frightening tornado died, and she cried out her sister's name pleadingly with her last breath. "Har...uka!"
On the water world of Neptune, the youngest Princess watched as her family was slowly tortured before her propped-open eyes. A stab of pain built in her chest with each wound, and it doubled with each death. With the death of the older of the twins, Mizu's pain exploded into waves that wracked her entire body. Mizu embraced the pain that blinded her vision and blocked out the screams of Aikou. The pain stopped and the glimmer of a sapphire crystal rose in full bloom drew her sight towards her chest where it floated. Words raced through her mind, words of power and promise. These were words of salvation that would end the torture of Aikou and the rest of her family. As she opened her mouth to say the words, the Yoma nearest her used his hammer-hand to smash her Rose, with her life-force fading, she looking at Aikou's deep green eyes, and mouthed "Michiru will pay for this..."
On Pluto, the farthest from protection and the smallest of the planets, Tenshee watched from behind a curtain as a group of Yoma destroyed her family. Her normally hot-heart burst forth with a new heat. She even had a name for this sudden rage that she knew would never die. 'Revenge on Setsuna and Lanara,' the twin Princesses of Pluto, the first was a Sailor Senshi, the second was a runaway who had blood-bonded with a pathetic Martian Princess. Instead of attempting to put this rage aside, she embraced it, used it to block the pain that built in her chest until it felt like her heart would burst. However, her heart didn't burst, it simply expanded to become two. In a blinding flash of light, a deep green, fully bloomed, crystal rose appeared before Tenshee's chest. The light drew the attention of the Yoma to the curtain, and they all threw their blades at the curtain to sink deeply into the wall, except for one blade. That single blade slammed into the glowing crystal rose, went through Tenshee's chest, and only then plunged into the wall. "You'll pay, Setsuna..." she whispered, but never finished as her green eyes lost the light of life and her crystal rose vanished.
On the Moon, Queen Serenity held her half of the Silver Crystal against her chest. She refused to use it unless she really needed it. However, she saw as Princess Serenity and Prince Edymion were taken by Beryl, and less than a room away, a Yoma thrust his sword through Black Rose's, no! Princess Alara's!, heart. She lost her hope, lost her reason, and used the power of the Crystal. Wishing to send them to peace, she used the Crystal to send her beloved charges to Earth's future, the only planet that still stood a chance of surviving without the Crystal's power.
A wave of white light swept over the Solar System, gathering the souls of the people and sending them to Earth while locking the Yoma into their own universe.