Broken Bonds - The Mortal Battle Between Old Friends

"Kodomo," SuperSailorsun hissed the name bitterly.

EternalSailormoon stared, numb with shock at the figure that was perched on the windowsill high above. //So this is what they meant when they said that I wasn't Sailormoon! They must know her, but how? Sailorsun-sama sure doesn't seem to like her much.// Sailor Moon glanced over at the warrior of the Sun and was baffled by all the emotions on her friend's face. Sailorsun was staring at the mysterious sailor intensely. Anger, pain, regret, guilt, relief, hate, care? Sailorsun's face was so mixed with emotion that no one emotion could be distinguished. Moon's gaze shifted to Sailor Saturn, the tiny soldier seemed to know a lot more then she was letting on. Saturn's face was full of awe, surprise, confusion, and yes-even anger. //Saturn-chan definitely knows who this girl is, now if only someone would tell ME.//

"Who are you?!" Tuxedo Mask demanded.

Sailor Moon could feel the scrutinizing ebony eyes on her. Sailor Moon defiantly met her 'double's' dark eyes. She was frowning but then a crooked smile formed on her lips, "Like I said, I am Sailormoon." The dark girl replied smoothly, her eyes never leaving EternalSailormoon.

"That's impossible!" SuperSailorjupiter shouted, "Sailormoon is...uh...Sailormoon!" The raven-haired Sailormoon rolled her eyes at the outburst switching her view to the tall sailor soldier, locking Jupiter's eyes with her own. She jumped down gracefully from the windowsill and landed a few feet in front of Jupiter. The mysterious senshi was quite tall.

"Ah, Jupiter-chan, well you've grown up. You're probably taller than I am now! Well I guess I HAVE been dead for quite some time. Time flies when you're in Hell."

Sailorjupiter was taken back, "how do you know who I am?!"

The taller Sailormoon snorted and spoke with her voice full of amusement, "I know who all of you are. Well except Tuxedo Kamen-chan, but I do know he's really Prince Endymion. You want to know who I am? I told you. If you want more information, ask Sailorsun, or maybe Sailorsaturn-chan, she's always been somewhat less dense then the rest of you. Not that I'm not surprised you don't remember me. When I was alive you were all very young, except Sun. Besides I know about how the Moon Kingdom was FINALLY destroyed, how you all died, and lost your memories. I wish I could have been there to see it....AHHH!" Sailor 'dark' Moon shrieked as she grabbed her neck. Then she glared at Sailor Sun. "It isn't politer to stare you know. If you stare at something for too long it just may catch fire," all of the amusement had fled from her and she was now spitting out the words.

"That's the point," Sun retorted. Her pupils were glowing an orange color. Eventually the orange faded back to black, however her irises remained red, signaling her rage.

"Gee, you don't look at all surprised Sun, I'm disappointed. And what's with the welcome? I thought you'd be happy when your long dead best friend was back from the grave."

Everyone's eyes became wide as saucers, //they were best friends!// The thought echoed over and over in Sailormoon's head. Seeing two former best friends at each other's throats was too much for her. Her head began to hurt with each thought.

"I learned a long time ago not to expect anything of you, and as for your return, how did you get here?!"

The Dark Sailormoon snickered, "that's my little secret. You think that you're the only one who can be brought back from the dead?"

"Well I guess it doesn't matter, because I'm sending you right back where you came from!" Sun gave out a war cry before flying straight for the dark Moon, fist raised. She punched, and dark Sailormoon dodged out of the way.

"Come on guys, if we all work together we can beat her!" SuperSailorvenus rallied.

"Don't underestimate her!" Sun warned, "She's a greatly trained and skilled fighter, and she's tricky. Also, don't think!" After receiving some quizzical looks from the others ,minus Saturn, she elaborated, "she can read your mind."

"Good, so maybe I can expect a REAL fight this time around. Not your pretending and then taking me down without warning!"

"I did what I had to do, and if I have to, I'll do it again!" Sun shouted as she finally landed a kick in the ebony eyed Moon's stomach. The taller senshi winced before her fist connected with Sun's jaw and the girls were thrusted apart from each other.

"I don't think so, you might have gotten stronger, but so have I! You have no idea how much the dark powers have empowered me!"

"You're nothing but a sell-out and a traitor!"

"Just like you said, I did what I had to do! YOU betrayed ME!" The two charged at each other and locked into an intense battle. They were moving so fast that most of the Sailor Senshi couldn't even follow their movements, they were surprised to discover that the dark Moon could also fly.

Mercury's fingers moved swiftly over the keys of her mini computer. "Minna! I can't make any sense out of these readings! I've never seen anything like this before! It's almost like she's not all here, I mean like not alive!"

SuperSailormars' eyes narrowed in determination. She met eyes with Venus and they made an unspoken plan of attack. As they prepared to attack the dark Sailormoon, the other Sailor Moon now noticed that Sailor Saturn was clutching to her glaive for support. She looked very pale and hot tears ran down her face. //Why is Saturn crying? Poor girl, she probably remembers Sun and...uh...Moon when they were friends. Two friends, no BEST friends trying to kill each other. It's simply terrible.//

Mars spotted her opening, //that Sailormoon imposter seems to be distracted now.// She nodded slightly, just enough for Venus to notice. SuperSailormars pulled out her o fuda and began her incantation in a quite, yet strong whisper, "I call upon the Power of Mars, fireballs, charge!" Mars launched her now charged o fuda at the 'dark' Sailor Moon, and it attached itself to her forehead. Dark Sailormoon gasped as she was flung paralyzed against the wall.

"Venus love and beauty shock!" Venus' gorgeous attack struck the dark Sailor Moon with tremendous force. //Whew! I hope that worked//. The mysterious Moon had not only been struck head on by the attack, but the attack had also cause a chunk of the wall to collapse on her.

SuperSailorsun planted her feet onto the ground, her face set into a deep scowl. "You shouldn't interfere, this fight doesn't concern you," she admonished.

"Sheesh! We were only trying to help!" Mars and Venus snapped at the same time.

Sailorsun couldn't help but smile, but she made sure that the others didn't notice, //Well I guess they're not as pathetic as I thought. They've still got incredible power, but they lack attacks and skill. They can't defeat Kodomo, they're just being a nuisance by being here.//

"Damn it! She's just like Uranus-san and Neptune-san were!"

"Iie," Sailor Saturn piped up, her voice solemn, "Sun-chan's right, this fight doesn't concern us. You don't fully understand the situation."

"She's a threat to the Earth, so we should get to take a stab at her to!" Jupiter insisted.

Saturn sighed and shook her head, "stay on guard, I didn't know her as well as the others did, but I know she won't go down that easy."

//So true.// The voice of the dark Sailormoon resounded in their heads. Everyone snapped there heads in attention as the mound of rubble exploded and when the dust settled the inner senshi and Tuxedo Mask literally rubbed their eyes in disbelief. Their stood dark Sailormoon, who save a few minor scratches and bruises, was unarmed. An amused grin took over her features in response to the other's reactions, obviously delighted by their shock. Even Sun and Saturn were surprised, not by the fact she was alive, they had anticipated that, but that she had been barely hurt.

"That's...That's impossible!" Venus shrieked, "I...I...I Gave that shot everything I had!"

Dark Moon's grin spread. "You should really listen to your elders, girls, Sun is right for once. You don't belong in this fight. I guess that I'll just have to make sure that there will be no more interruptions....Black Magic Spellbinding!" Black ribbons rushed at the six other senshi and Tuxedo Kamen. They were tied up and screamed as their energy was drained. The shadowy Moon cackled, "That's better, no where were we? Oh yeah!" dark Moon attacked Sun and did a flying kick which Sun dodged and retaliated with a double punch, that dark Moon dodged.

Eternal Sailor Moon looked at her companions. Saturn and Venus were unconscious, and the others were like herself. Capable of doing nothing but stare weak and helpless at the ongoing fight. The only one with enough energy left to even come close to struggling to break free was Jupiter. Every once and a while she would wiggle and fight, but the bonds were simply too tight. Sailormoon returned her attention back to the fight //how I wish Uranus-san, Neptune-san, and Pluto-san were still around. Then maybe we wouldn't be so helpless. This fight will last forever. They are too evenly matched.//

Finally Sun and dark Moon jumped back from each other into their fighting stances. They were both breathing heavily, bruised, and bleeding. Yet neither showed any signs of quitting. "You're holding back," dark Moon stated coldly, "What's wrong? Don't have the heart to kill me again? The Sanzusuishou may have given you more power, but it has made you soft."

"Oh I don't think so," Sun smirked, "I just want to see what your up to, I'm sure you're the one behind Pluto-sama, Uranus-chan, and Neptune-san's kidnappings. Then I'll kill you."

Dark Moon returned the grin, "as perceptive as ever I see. Well don't count on killing me, You may be stronger, more powerful, and a more skilled fighter than me, but I'm the better strategist which is why I'll prevail. You have no idea how much a well-executed plan can accomplish. Now enough of this child's play! Let's get down to business!" She detached her tiara and it transformed into a gray energy disk. Dark Moon clucked her tongue at EternalSailormoon, who was gasping in shock, "I'm sure you'll recognize this attack Sailormoon."

"That...That's my attack!" Moon stuttered.

Dark Moon glared, "Wrong, it's mine, and it can do a whole lot more than your pathetic attack." Moon raised a skeptical eyebrow that resulted in 'dark moon giving into a fit of laughter, "You'll see." Dark Moon threw a smug grin at Sun before launching her attack, "Moon Tiara Magic!" The energy disk came flying towards Sailorsun, then the raven haired senshi clapped her hands together and spread them back out to the sides. The disk divided and there were now three disks! Everyone who was still conscious looked over at Sailormoon, all with identical expression that asked, 'did you just see that!" Dark Moon heard their thoughts and smirked. To prove that what they saw was real she made a big circle with her arms and the disks each divided into two. The number increased to six just as the disks reached SuperSailorsun. Eyes went wide as it was revealed that the mysterious dark soldier could control the disks. The disks flew around and at Sailorsun. Through some seemingly impossible bending and twisting she was so far able to dodge the disks. Dark Sailormoon laughed, obviously amused, "that's phase one of my plan, time for phase two. I know you to well Sun, to well for your own good! I know your weaknesses!" While Sun was still busy with the disks, dark moon flew at her with amazing speed. 'Dark' Moon dealt Sun a powerful kick to the left side of her shin. Sun yelped as two of the tiara's cut her, one in each arm. A cracking of bones was heard and Sun's left leg gave out. She managed to support herself on her right leg, but he left leg was bent back in an unnatural way. The disks merged together to form one. "See I know you have weak bones, especially in your left leg. I mean how many times have you broken it? Well anyways, time for phase three." A scepter materialized in her hands. It was quite an unusual looking thing. Gold, with a red heart. A black circle encircled the heart.

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Sun managed to pull herself up, shifting all her weight off of her broken leg. She had multiple cuts, the two main ones where the disks had cut her. She wiped some blood from her mouth and then smirked. "Solar Blast!" the attack seemed to come from nowhere, Sailor Sun hadn't even moved. It was apparent that it had caught 'dark' Moon off guard, however she managed to escape the scuffle with only half of her arm burned. The onlookers' eyes darted around in confusion, then widened when they saw another Sailor Sun above 'dark' Moon her hands hadn't moved from when she had fired the shot. The one that had been facing 'dark' Sailor Moon disappeared.

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"I had forgotten about that ability to speed back a moment in time, but you should've made the attack fatal. Oh! Silly me, you can't. It's impossible to kill me, even for you."

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"Really, well I don't believe you." Sailor Sun grabbed a gold dagger from out of thin air. The dagger's blade began to glow once her hands grasped the handle. Sun descended and lifted the dagger in the air and brought it slicing down. The mysterious wand blocked the falling dagger. Sun began to furiously swing her dagger, but each time it was blocked. With each encounter the two ascended higher. They would circle in the air then come in, attack, retreat, repeat.

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"Mmmm, what, what's going on?" Venus murmured as she gained consciousness. Saturn also began to stir as she opened her eyes. Venus observed the fact that she and the others were tied up, and looking very weak. Then she saw the two battling senshi. "Guys, I know it's hard, but we have to try to get free. I think if we use the Sailor Planet Attack, we can break free."

"But we don't have enough energy," Mercury sighed.

"Besides there's nothing we can do right now. We're only in the way," Saturn agreed.

Venus let out a quiet sound of frustration before resigning to being a spectator.

Sparks were flying everywhere as the two bitter senshi clashed. They circled around, each eyes burning, seeing everything. They hovered readily, trying to anticipate each other's attacks. Finally Sailor Sun exploded with a series of knee raises, punches, kicks, and slashes. The dagger gave off a blinding light as it found it's mark in dark Moon's heart. The tall Moon's body fell limply to the ground, where it stayed, motionless. Sun lowered herself to the ground beside the fallen senshi. She cautiously took dark Moon's wrist. "There's no pulse," she murmured.

EternalSailormoon's mind was cloudy. That fatal attack had been so sudden that she hadn't even clearly seen it happen. However there was no doubting that her evil version was dead. Sailormoon had seen her fall, seen the blood, and seen the blank lifeless eyes. Somehow after the long battle, Sun had managed to finish the evil sailor in a matter of seconds. SuperSailorsun stood up and limped over to where everyone lay tied up. All though tied up, Moon could feel the energy returning, as a result of the racen haired Moon's death. Sun's dagger began to glow again, however more faintly this time. One by one she cut the Sailor Senshi loose, all with ought saying a word. The look on her face was somewhere between troubled and passive. "Are you okay?" Moon inquired. Sun nodded, but Sailormoon didn't believe it for a second. She opened her mouth to prod further, but a harsh look from Sun silenced her.

It wasn't until everyone was freed that Sun spoke again, "I'm going to go save onechan. I want all of you are to stay out of it, this is my problem. You make sure they do stay out of it Saturnko." Saturn nodded and everyone gave her an outraged look. Suddenly they heard a cackle.

"Sun-sama look out!"

"She's alive!"

"Move!"

"What the?!"

"How the hell?!"

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"SuperSailorsun-sama!"

"IIEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!"

SuperSailorsun turned around to face a black circle of oblivion. She didn't even have time to cry out before she was sucked into the void. The emptiness closed in around her and reduced to the size of a black marble. Everyone was too stunned to move as the tiny sphere floated back to the dark Sailormoon, whop plopped it into the black velvet pouch she had been carrying on her waist.

The evil Sailormoon smirked at them. She was still bleeding profusely and was covered in bruises. The slit where the blade of the dagger had broken the skin over her heart remained. She would have looked like a walking corpse if it weren't for her animated facial features and the mischievous twinkle in her eye. "I told you that it's impossible for you to kill me," she said derisively, "and I told you I would win. However as expected, she put up a spectacular fight, even greater than anticipated. So I will have to go recuperate. I will have to deal with the rest of you another time. By the way," she glared resentfully at EternalSailormoon which chilled Moon so much she took several steps back, "to avoid confusion you may call me Dark SuperSailormoon. Adieu!" With that, Dark SuperSailormoon squeezed a gem on her gold bracelet. A Portal opened and she disappeared into it.

The dumbfounded protectors stared for several minutes finally Mars turned and glared deliberately at SuperSailorsaturn, "now would you mind telling me...WHAT THE FUCK JUST HAPPENED HERE!"