(Chapter Six)
Meanwhile Goku's house, when they got home, they found out that Goten was sleeping over at a friend's house and to study for an exam. ChiChi looked different for some reason, she kept holding on to her lipstick, the one she'd dropped. She walked into the bathroom and stayed there for a very long time. Inside she went up to the mirror and opened the tube of lipstick. As she bent to apply it on her lips, she heard a voice. Her reflection in the mirror spun and disappeared, instead, there appeared a young man with blue-black hair and dark blue eyes. She stepped towards the mirror and her eyes became a solid black once more. "Master." she hissed the word. He smiled. "You're going to have to work very hard to please me ChiChi. Now listen, I want that girl. Do whatever you can to get her." he commanded. She nodded and said with her eyes to the ground. "I live to serve you master."
"Good, step through the mirror." she obeyed and the world became a kaleidoscope of colors. When it stopped she was in a formless room with marble pillars floating in a circle. She bowed before the great throne set under a majestic pillar in which High King of Evil, Dark Endymion, evil twin of the ruler of Crystal Tokyo. Dark Endymion stared at her. "I want Tsukino Usagi and I will get her no matter what. If you fail me, I swear, you'll rue the day you were created. You can be easily discarded, so I advise you to do as much as possible to please me." his voice ran smooth as black velvet.
ChiChi suddenly knew her name in the eyes of her master. Beryl. Somewhere she knew that she now held the spirit of the vengeful queen yearning for her lost kingdom. "The reward will be sweet for you. You want my brother don't you? Well, if I can have Usagi, then you'll have him at your side ruling the Negaverse for eternity!" Beryl smiled. "I will do you're bidding Master." she once again saw a swirl of colors and she was back in the bathroom. She smirked at her reflection. 'King Endymion will be mine. But first, I intend to make that petty Sailor Moon suffer for what she has done to me!' She applied her lipstick on her lips and decided to change this foolish woman's look. It would do for now, but she intended to look as much as her old self as possible.
She exited the bathroom and looked over at Goku. For such a imbecile, the woman in which she inhabited had at least good taste in men. He looked up, and smiled at her, before returning to his work. Yes, this life would do... until she was living the one that she wanted most of all - with Endymion.
"Well, it all started when I was a princess in the Silver Millenium, back on the Moon. I met Prince Endymion of Earth and I fell in love. Then the night before Beryl attacked, I gave him my star locket. This. [she held up her locket] We both died in the battle and my mother, Queen Serenity sent me to Earth. My friends were sent as well to help protect me if the forces of evil once again broke free. My prince was sent as well and became Tuxedo Mask. We even learned of the future where we married and have a baby daughter called Chibi-Usa. Now, Mamoru says he hates me and he broke my heart." she ended her explanation with a sob.
Trunks was clenching his fist and wanted to pummel the guy heartless enough to make such a girl cry. He knew exactly that he felt like a big brother to her. Gohan was feeling an emotion similar to Trunks' and he also wanted to kill this Endymion. How dare he hurt Usagi in this way! Usagi shook herself and smiled wearily. "Well, someone's a crybaby today." she tried to joke. She yelped suddenly and clutched her head in pain. Gohan jumped at her but she seemed to flicker... seconds before she disappeared completely.
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"Something's wrong. I know it. What's wrong?" Pluto stepped up and she spoke. "Usagi is in another dimension. Your mom... well, we don't know. We can't know. My key staff is gone. I don't have any power at all as the Gaurdian of Time!" Both F. Mercury and P. Mercury looked at each other and nodded.
"We have already started the program to send Usagi here. She should arrive in a few seconds." They stared at both of them for a second, until a screaming could be heard. Usagi plummeted to the ground before Endymion leaped up and caught her in mid-air. She was still wearing the dress that she had worn to dinner and the senshi were astonished to see that she looked as old and mature as Queen-Neo Serenity. "What am I doing here?" she turned, "Chibi-Usa? Ohmygod!" she jumped out of Endymion's arms and hugged her future daughter. "Senshi? Endymion? Why am I here?" she looked at Setsuna.
"Are you gonna answer?" Both F. Mercury and P. Mercury stepped forward. "We have to explain. We had to talk to you so we brought you here for a few minutes. After that, you'll be sent back. So we've got to hurry. Here take this. We're going to give one to Mars when we find her. Now we can communicate between dimensions. You've got 10 seconds left." Usagi looked around. "I missed you guys... And I saw Endymion actually seem to care about me..." her voice faded. And before she disappeared completely, they saw her face crumple and a tear sparkling in her right eye.
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Rei stirred in her bed, and she sat up. She felt someone staring at her and she saw that it was the cat-girl, Merle. She jumped up when she saw Rei looking at her. "You're up already? Still, are you really from the Mystic Moon?" Rei stared blankly. "Huh?" Merle cocked her head.
"Come on, I'll show you." she ran to the door and stopped. "Oops, you have to change first don't you?" Rei, looked down. She blushed, the nightgown was a little short. But Merle flipped a paw as if to saw "Nah!" she grabbed Rei and ran out the door. She pulled her to a huge room where there was a window at the ceiling of the ship. She saw the Earth. "Oh!" she cried. "You mean I'm still not back home on Earth yet?" Merle looked at the beautiful young girl. "No... but don't worry, Hitomi and Lord Van and Alan and I will help you out." Rei could feel the waves of pity coming off the girl... Funny, how could she sense these things?
"Ahem." Rei nearly jumped out of her skin and Merle was startled too. She spun to see Van standing behind her. He coloured up immediately and averted his eyes. Rei looked down at her nightgown and saw that in her surprise, the skirt had ridden up just a little too much up one thigh... to her hip to be exact. She pulled it down and turned as red a shade as Van. "I apologize for my indecency." Rei blushed even harder when she said this. "No, I should."
Van looked up and smiled at her through friendly eyes. "Do you wake up this early all the time?" Rei immediately answered. "Yes." Then she face-vaulted. "How'd I know that?" she stared at them helplessly. "I'm sorry, somehow I can answer you automatically sometimes, but I don't know why." she stopped. Merle looked at her, then Van. "Um, what'd you go through to get here? Hitomi came with Lord Van, but nobody's come back from there since then." Rei looked over at Van, "Are you from Earth as well?" Van smiled a little at that. "No, I am from Finaalia, I went to slay a dragon as part of my right to become King of Finaalia. A lot of good that does me. Finaalia burned to the ground the day I became King." he added bitterly.
Rei looked at him. She could sense something about him... the word came to her. She could sense his aura. As she thought this word, a blinding pain suddenly filled her. She clutched at it and fell to the ground whimpering in pain. Merle and Vaun ran to her but she flickered... and vanished. "Ohmygod! Was she taken away by Zaibach?" Merle squealed. "No." they whipped around. There stood Hitomi. "She's been sent back to Earth... in a different dimension. They'll help her regain her memory. She's almost nothing here if she cannot transform into Sailor Mars."
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Endymion watched the Sailor Senshi. He was feeling terrible. What did Usagi mean by Endymion not caring about her any more? Did is past self really hate her? How could he hate the one woman that was destined to be his? "She's coming!" a voice ripped through his mind. "Maybe we can talk some sense into her." Setsuna was fidgeting with her bow in nervousness. Would she freak out again? Rei appeared in front of her.
"What's going on?" She looked at the woman in front of her. "Ohmygod, it's you! I'm really sorry I freaked out earlier. But who is Sailor Mars and why can I read auras?"
Mercury stepped up. Yes both of them. They are linked you know! We're going to send you your memories back but be warned. You have to have your mind completely blank or else not all your memories will return." Rei concentrated. She gasped as she saw her life flash before her. She knew that she was supposed to be with everyone around her... that she was one of them. "Why did you have to make that transportation program so goddamn painful?" she shot at both Mercury's. They stared at her. "We didn't know that! We never went through the process! But we can alter it." They both began to type furiously on their keyboards. "You've got 20 seconds." they called before they tossed her the same kind of device that they had given Usagi. Rei looked around, "Well I remember everything. Now, I can actually talk to Hitomi about what I can do. I can actually help Van and Alan and Merle just as much as she can." she vanished with a bright smile.
"Is everyone having so much fun being split apart from us?!" screamed Minako (past) turning to her future self. "I don't have a clue why their lives are so perfect right now. They've both been sent to really dangerous places without us to help them and they're so happy!" her future self smiled sympathetically. "Well, we can settle this after a warm bubble bath. Both Mars and Que- er Princess Serenity is safe without us. We can't do anything." the rest of the scouts nodded and followed them except for both Mercury's and Endymion.
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"Usagi!" cried Gohan as she re-appeared in front of him and Trunks. "Are you okay?" she looked at him and smiled. "Yes, I am now. I was transported and I was able to talk with all the Senshi of both Past and Future. They gave me this. Now I can communicate between dimensions with them." she held up the mini-computer. It began to beep crazily. The two guys stared at it. The screen was slightly bigger, then the one that she had on Earth. "King Endymion?" she gasped as his worried face appeared on the monitor. "What's wrong?" his face relaxed. "Nothing, I have to tell you something. Queen Neo-Serenity has bonded within you since you went into another dimension, she is now within yourself. Whatever happens to yourself will affect the future I am in right now. Soon if Mamoru ceases to know you exist. I will no longer be here." the image flickered then died. Trunks and Gohan had been watching the little screen in amazement.
Ring! Ring! Ring! The overhead communicator zipped up. Goku's face appeared on the monitor creased with worry. "Have you guys seen ChiChi? She left around three hours ago and she hasn't been seen yet. I couldn't even find her with the over-world map that we have. It's like she vanished off the face of the earth." Gohan and Trunks looked at each other. "No, we haven't seen her." said Gohan, "We'll keep an eye out for her. She's probably fine."
Meanwhile Goku's house, when they got home, they found out that Goten was sleeping over at a friend's house and to study for an exam. ChiChi looked different for some reason, she kept holding on to her lipstick, the one she'd dropped. She walked into the bathroom and stayed there for a very long time. Inside she went up to the mirror and opened the tube of lipstick. As she bent to apply it on her lips, she heard a voice. Her reflection in the mirror spun and disappeared, instead, there appeared a young man with blue-black hair and dark blue eyes. She stepped towards the mirror and her eyes became a solid black once more. "Master." she hissed the word. He smiled. "You're going to have to work very hard to please me ChiChi. Now listen, I want that girl. Do whatever you can to get her." he commanded. She nodded and said with her eyes to the ground. "I live to serve you master."
"Good, step through the mirror." she obeyed and the world became a kaleidoscope of colors. When it stopped she was in a formless room with marble pillars floating in a circle. She bowed before the great throne set under a majestic pillar in which High King of Evil, Dark Endymion, evil twin of the ruler of Crystal Tokyo. Dark Endymion stared at her. "I want Tsukino Usagi and I will get her no matter what. If you fail me, I swear, you'll rue the day you were created. You can be easily discarded, so I advise you to do as much as possible to please me." his voice ran smooth as black velvet.
ChiChi suddenly knew her name in the eyes of her master. Beryl. Somewhere she knew that she now held the spirit of the vengeful queen yearning for her lost kingdom. "The reward will be sweet for you. You want my brother don't you? Well, if I can have Usagi, then you'll have him at your side ruling the Negaverse for eternity!" Beryl smiled. "I will do you're bidding Master." she once again saw a swirl of colors and she was back in the bathroom. She smirked at her reflection. 'King Endymion will be mine. But first, I intend to make that petty Sailor Moon suffer for what she has done to me!' She applied her lipstick on her lips and decided to change this foolish woman's look. It would do for now, but she intended to look as much as her old self as possible.
She exited the bathroom and looked over at Goku. For such a imbecile, the woman in which she inhabited had at least good taste in men. He looked up, and smiled at her, before returning to his work. Yes, this life would do... until she was living the one that she wanted most of all - with Endymion.
"Well, it all started when I was a princess in the Silver Millenium, back on the Moon. I met Prince Endymion of Earth and I fell in love. Then the night before Beryl attacked, I gave him my star locket. This. [she held up her locket] We both died in the battle and my mother, Queen Serenity sent me to Earth. My friends were sent as well to help protect me if the forces of evil once again broke free. My prince was sent as well and became Tuxedo Mask. We even learned of the future where we married and have a baby daughter called Chibi-Usa. Now, Mamoru says he hates me and he broke my heart." she ended her explanation with a sob.
Trunks was clenching his fist and wanted to pummel the guy heartless enough to make such a girl cry. He knew exactly that he felt like a big brother to her. Gohan was feeling an emotion similar to Trunks' and he also wanted to kill this Endymion. How dare he hurt Usagi in this way! Usagi shook herself and smiled wearily. "Well, someone's a crybaby today." she tried to joke. She yelped suddenly and clutched her head in pain. Gohan jumped at her but she seemed to flicker... seconds before she disappeared completely.
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"Something's wrong. I know it. What's wrong?" Pluto stepped up and she spoke. "Usagi is in another dimension. Your mom... well, we don't know. We can't know. My key staff is gone. I don't have any power at all as the Gaurdian of Time!" Both F. Mercury and P. Mercury looked at each other and nodded.
"We have already started the program to send Usagi here. She should arrive in a few seconds." They stared at both of them for a second, until a screaming could be heard. Usagi plummeted to the ground before Endymion leaped up and caught her in mid-air. She was still wearing the dress that she had worn to dinner and the senshi were astonished to see that she looked as old and mature as Queen-Neo Serenity. "What am I doing here?" she turned, "Chibi-Usa? Ohmygod!" she jumped out of Endymion's arms and hugged her future daughter. "Senshi? Endymion? Why am I here?" she looked at Setsuna.
"Are you gonna answer?" Both F. Mercury and P. Mercury stepped forward. "We have to explain. We had to talk to you so we brought you here for a few minutes. After that, you'll be sent back. So we've got to hurry. Here take this. We're going to give one to Mars when we find her. Now we can communicate between dimensions. You've got 10 seconds left." Usagi looked around. "I missed you guys... And I saw Endymion actually seem to care about me..." her voice faded. And before she disappeared completely, they saw her face crumple and a tear sparkling in her right eye.
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Rei stirred in her bed, and she sat up. She felt someone staring at her and she saw that it was the cat-girl, Merle. She jumped up when she saw Rei looking at her. "You're up already? Still, are you really from the Mystic Moon?" Rei stared blankly. "Huh?" Merle cocked her head.
"Come on, I'll show you." she ran to the door and stopped. "Oops, you have to change first don't you?" Rei, looked down. She blushed, the nightgown was a little short. But Merle flipped a paw as if to saw "Nah!" she grabbed Rei and ran out the door. She pulled her to a huge room where there was a window at the ceiling of the ship. She saw the Earth. "Oh!" she cried. "You mean I'm still not back home on Earth yet?" Merle looked at the beautiful young girl. "No... but don't worry, Hitomi and Lord Van and Alan and I will help you out." Rei could feel the waves of pity coming off the girl... Funny, how could she sense these things?
"Ahem." Rei nearly jumped out of her skin and Merle was startled too. She spun to see Van standing behind her. He coloured up immediately and averted his eyes. Rei looked down at her nightgown and saw that in her surprise, the skirt had ridden up just a little too much up one thigh... to her hip to be exact. She pulled it down and turned as red a shade as Van. "I apologize for my indecency." Rei blushed even harder when she said this. "No, I should."
Van looked up and smiled at her through friendly eyes. "Do you wake up this early all the time?" Rei immediately answered. "Yes." Then she face-vaulted. "How'd I know that?" she stared at them helplessly. "I'm sorry, somehow I can answer you automatically sometimes, but I don't know why." she stopped. Merle looked at her, then Van. "Um, what'd you go through to get here? Hitomi came with Lord Van, but nobody's come back from there since then." Rei looked over at Van, "Are you from Earth as well?" Van smiled a little at that. "No, I am from Finaalia, I went to slay a dragon as part of my right to become King of Finaalia. A lot of good that does me. Finaalia burned to the ground the day I became King." he added bitterly.
Rei looked at him. She could sense something about him... the word came to her. She could sense his aura. As she thought this word, a blinding pain suddenly filled her. She clutched at it and fell to the ground whimpering in pain. Merle and Vaun ran to her but she flickered... and vanished. "Ohmygod! Was she taken away by Zaibach?" Merle squealed. "No." they whipped around. There stood Hitomi. "She's been sent back to Earth... in a different dimension. They'll help her regain her memory. She's almost nothing here if she cannot transform into Sailor Mars."
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Endymion watched the Sailor Senshi. He was feeling terrible. What did Usagi mean by Endymion not caring about her any more? Did is past self really hate her? How could he hate the one woman that was destined to be his? "She's coming!" a voice ripped through his mind. "Maybe we can talk some sense into her." Setsuna was fidgeting with her bow in nervousness. Would she freak out again? Rei appeared in front of her.
"What's going on?" She looked at the woman in front of her. "Ohmygod, it's you! I'm really sorry I freaked out earlier. But who is Sailor Mars and why can I read auras?"
Mercury stepped up. Yes both of them. They are linked you know! We're going to send you your memories back but be warned. You have to have your mind completely blank or else not all your memories will return." Rei concentrated. She gasped as she saw her life flash before her. She knew that she was supposed to be with everyone around her... that she was one of them. "Why did you have to make that transportation program so goddamn painful?" she shot at both Mercury's. They stared at her. "We didn't know that! We never went through the process! But we can alter it." They both began to type furiously on their keyboards. "You've got 20 seconds." they called before they tossed her the same kind of device that they had given Usagi. Rei looked around, "Well I remember everything. Now, I can actually talk to Hitomi about what I can do. I can actually help Van and Alan and Merle just as much as she can." she vanished with a bright smile.
"Is everyone having so much fun being split apart from us?!" screamed Minako (past) turning to her future self. "I don't have a clue why their lives are so perfect right now. They've both been sent to really dangerous places without us to help them and they're so happy!" her future self smiled sympathetically. "Well, we can settle this after a warm bubble bath. Both Mars and Que- er Princess Serenity is safe without us. We can't do anything." the rest of the scouts nodded and followed them except for both Mercury's and Endymion.
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"Usagi!" cried Gohan as she re-appeared in front of him and Trunks. "Are you okay?" she looked at him and smiled. "Yes, I am now. I was transported and I was able to talk with all the Senshi of both Past and Future. They gave me this. Now I can communicate between dimensions with them." she held up the mini-computer. It began to beep crazily. The two guys stared at it. The screen was slightly bigger, then the one that she had on Earth. "King Endymion?" she gasped as his worried face appeared on the monitor. "What's wrong?" his face relaxed. "Nothing, I have to tell you something. Queen Neo-Serenity has bonded within you since you went into another dimension, she is now within yourself. Whatever happens to yourself will affect the future I am in right now. Soon if Mamoru ceases to know you exist. I will no longer be here." the image flickered then died. Trunks and Gohan had been watching the little screen in amazement.
Ring! Ring! Ring! The overhead communicator zipped up. Goku's face appeared on the monitor creased with worry. "Have you guys seen ChiChi? She left around three hours ago and she hasn't been seen yet. I couldn't even find her with the over-world map that we have. It's like she vanished off the face of the earth." Gohan and Trunks looked at each other. "No, we haven't seen her." said Gohan, "We'll keep an eye out for her. She's probably fine."