It wasn't said in the first 11 chapters cuz I thought I would
add it nicely right here --
I DON'T OWN SAILOR MOON!!
*cough* Did ya'll get all of that? ;)
**********
From the Beginning - Round Two
Chapter 12 - Final Battle
By: Bethany ^_^
Editor: Meara
Author Email: Bethany212@aol.com
**********
Dark.
Silent.
Deathly still.
Every living thing seemed frozen in time as the world watched in
amazement at the small girl - no, woman - drawn up to her full height
and staring pure evil in the face.
She did not flinch.
"It stops here."
In a sudden flash of light, the said woman changed from her summer
dress to a dazzling layer dress. Shimmering layers of white pulsed out
from a stone in her hands, a golden moon symbol shinning brightly on her
forehead. Long tresses of blonde-silver hair flowed behind her, never
touching the ground although no wind blew.
Somewhere, not far, a small girl moaned as her head pulsed with a
headache. Her mind ran laps, remembering everything that had happened to
her. Her hand found her forehead and she rubbed slowly, painfully.
A flash of light outside her window caused her to look up into the
heavens. The night was still and dark... forbidding. "Mom..." she
whispered, sitting up on the side of her bed.
Outside the same room, the hallway was filled with shuffling feet
as Chiba Mamoru walked back and forth, rocking a near-sleeping Kazeno.
He knew she had gone to fight, but he had no idea what was happening
until his body grew stiff and alert. "...Usako..." Handing the confused
child to his Royal Head General, Mamoru took off out of the hospital,
using his soul-bonded link with Usagi to find the battle scene. Of course,
he'd had to have been blind to miss the brightness covering the area.
A small chuckle left Beryl/Metallia's throat. "You think you can
beat me, moon brat? Honestly child, I would have thought you smarter than
that."
Soundlessly Princess Serenity stood, spine stiff, staring relentlessly
at her enemy. The red haired woman with blank black eyes stared back, her
entire body almost shuddering, waiting for the Princess to make the first
move. It was a show down, and only one of them would survive.
Twelve sets of eyes watched and waited from behind the Princess.
Each eagerly waiting for the first sign of a battle. Each also regretting
what was soon to happen.
Feline eyes stared out the hospital room window. Sadly she turned
to face Chibi-Usa - only to find her bed was completely deserted. Huge
sad eyes found another set of feline eyes and they shared a silent message.
"Selene help them."
Kenji looked up at his son, then down at the body of his wife.
Bright white light penetrated the room, effectively blinding all that
were seated there. Suddenly a movement under him caused Kenji to look
down... into the wide open and alert eyes of his wife.
A small boy looked out his window at the light seeping through
the blinds. A small vase of dead flowers suddenly bloomed to life, basking
in the glow of the mysterious light.
Kunzite gasped as Kazeno started to throw up once more, but nothing
but clear liquid left his stomach and heat drained from his face.
The night calmness was broken by foot steps, boots hitting the
pavement in sure strides until their owner reached his destination. A cape
flew back, fluttering due to some unseen, unfelt wind. A long sword waited
in it's place on the man's side, to be used for blood shed. Prince Endymion
stood tall beside his Princess, waiting for the next move.
Small, delicate feet adorned in white high heels, a ground touching
white ruffled dress with gold accents, huge red eyes framed by pink cone-shaped
odangos with hair that fell from each one to flow to near-waist level. A bright
crescent moon symbol adorning her forehead. Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity
stood proud, her mother's extended Moon Wand in hand, watching her enemy with
a keen eye.
A movement.
A small trace of silence was shattered by the call of a single
command. "Kill them."
Mars whipped her head back, her eyes searching the ground for
youmas, instead she was greeted by the eyes of Jedite. At the same
moment, each senshi found themselves in front of their respective matches.
Minako looked into Kunzite's blazing eyes. Ami blushed slightly at
Zoisite's intense gaze. Lita smiled thankfully at Nephrite.
"WORLD SHAKING!" And the battle begun.
***********
Neo-Queen Serenity looked up from her lap, the throne room was
empty save two tall thrones, and five smaller ones. "Endy?"
"Yes, Love?" he answered from the hallway behind her.
She paused, staring at the throne that held Chibi-Usa on political
meetings and such. "I'm scared."
Slowly coming around to face his pregnant wife, King Endymion noted
how scared she really did look. Kami, I haven't seen her this upset in
years... "Don't worry, Love. All will be fine," he assured her, laying
reassuring butterfly kisses upon her soft hands.
"But that's our daughter out there... can't we do something?!"
Nodding solemnly, Endymion tried to guide her to bed. Eight months
pregnant... you need sleep Love, he sent to her telepathically.
"No Endy! We have to help them! Pluto is not at the time gate, the
battle has begun!"
"They will be fine."
Shaking her head, Serenity allowed him to lead her to their suits.
"It was so hard Endy... so hard."
"But we made it, didn't we?"
At that same moment, as if in response to his question; Neo-Queen
Serenity's form faded before him, growing dangerously thin before
returning to normal. I'm so tired... don't feel good, she said to him
silently, too weak to speak.
Panic gripped the King as he laid back on their bed and stalked
out of the room towards the princess' wing.
The door swung open without so much as a knock. "I'm in need of
your services."
The four young women stood up. Without a word they transformed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mars pushed fire out of her fingers, the youma in front of her
still came forward, slashing at her already weak body. Blood ran down
her forehead as she dodged it's fist and rolled weakly to the right. "No,
damn you! I will kill you!" she spit, blood spurting out of her mouth in
the action.
"Venus... Love-me Chain!!" It was slower than normal, due to her
lack of energy, but still found it target -- that leaped out of the way.
"Shimatta!" Venus mumbled, bending down slightly to ease the pain in her
back from the long gash that was there. Cuts lined her shoulders, arms and
chest but still she fought. Turning she landed one hard blow on her
opponent before all went black.
Mercury stumbled backwards, tripping over the body that lay behind
her. As her bottom hit the ground, she looked up at the youma laughing in
her face. Her visor slid across her face. "How the hell did you get so
strong?!" she asked more to herself. The "thing's" fist hit her repeatedly
in the stomach, causing blood to boil up from inside her and pour onto her
lap.
"Mercury..." she stood up with the last ounce of energy left in her.
"Aqua..." pulling herself up, she faced her tormentor.
"...Rhaphosody!" Her tear filled eyes found that of the body she had
tripped over. "Zoisit--"
"No!" Jupiter screamed as Mercury went down. In front of her stood
two youmas, just as worn as she was. "Come on you shit! Let's get this over
with!" She turned her head to the side and wiped the blood from her lip.
The two attacked her from both sides. Stepping forward, Jupiter looked back
at the two that had smashed into each other. "Stupid."
"Not as stupid as me!" Before she had time to react, another youma
attacked from behind, landing hard on top of her and feeding electricity
into her body. She growled as her tiara formed it's electrical rod. "Dumb
ass! I BOND with electricity!" she screamed as it shot out from her forehead
and hit them both.
Pluto looked up from the ground. It seemed like it was coming closer,
or was it that she was falling? She couldn't tell. Her body ached inside
and out, blood stained her fuku and her time staff was bending. Beside her
she watched in horror as Saturn was overwhlemed by about six youmas. "No,"
she cried weakly. In her distraction, the youma hit her a final time.
"Deep Submerge!" water flowed in a stead stream toward a youma. To
Neptune's horror, it still stood. "Damn it," her soft voice swore as she
fell to one knee. The deep gash in her stomach was causing her to loose too
much blood. Her body felt weak and darkness was pulling unmercifully at
her mind.
"No!" she pushed it back and stood once more. "Die," she spit at her
opponent. "Deep Submerg-" the attack died at her lips as she fell to the
ground.
Seiya looked over at the bodies of her/his 'brothers' then at the
youmas that had taken them out. "DAMN YOU!" His black hair flew around
him and hard eyes found that of a furry blood-sucking youma.
"You will pay for that." Closing his eyes to ward off dizziness, Fighter
took a deep breath and pushed with all his might to say his last words,
"Star... Serious... Laser!"
Haruka stood close to where Chibi-Usa was watching the battle. For
one reason, that maybe only she understood, she had yet to attack. But
she couldn't think of that, in front of her stood two blood thirsty
youmas.
"WORLD SHAKING!" A ball of energy, shaped oddly like Uranus, flew at the
youmas. They stood through it. "How did you get so strong? Or am I that
weak?" There was no time for an answer before the youmas threw more dark
energy at her that whipped and tore at her skin. She fell.
Having no proof, but knowledge of her friends state, Princess
Serenity threw an energy ball at the youma in front of her. It went down,
leaving only about fifteen or so dozen left.
"This is taking too long," she told Endymion as he pulled his sword out
of another chest.
Closing her eyes, she gathered her energy to the crystal, "Silver
Crystal... Destroy this evil!!" Endymion shook his head no as she pulled
her life force and feed it into the crystal that then shot it out towards
the heavens.
The raging wind blew past a form laying on the ground, a stricken
man holding her hand to his face. Beryl/Metallia's laugh filled the silence.
"No... Usako, NO!" Prince Endymion cried, the energy blast that
she had sent out had blasted open the heavens and killed every youma
within a ten mile radius. Still Beryl lived... while Usagi fell utterly
silent.
"YOU WITCH!!" Endymion screamed, a faint golden glow covering his body.
The night air still hung with a slightly silver glow, it was now joined
with a golden aura that fled from Prince Endymion and struck the beast
before him.
A single tear slid down Mars face as she held up her henshin stick.
"MARS PLANET POWER!"
Using their last breath, Venus and Mercury followed.
Somewhere in the distance, a low mummer was heard. "I love you
Mina-chan," Yaten said almost silently before pulling out his own stick.
"For you Princess," Seiya said, pulling out his own stick. "STAR
FIGHTER POWER!"
Small Lady went to where her father was kneeling before her mother.
Tears were in her eyes, but she refused to give in. "Prince," she
addressed. "We must finish this."
Wide eyes found his daughter's, and took comfort in the fact that she
was still alive. "Hai, Small Lady."
Holding up the silver crystal, Small Lady placed her hands beside Prince
Endymion's and allowed her light to penetrate and mix with his.
Two large rays of golden and silver joined with the other colored rays
and hit Beryl dead in the chest.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I don't see anyone."
"Yeah, but the King said that we were needed."
Sailor Ceres looked up, her eyes searching the area for signs of the
past Prince and Princess. The blackness that had surround Tokyo started
fleeing away, moonlight from behind the clouds made seeing possible.
"Kami-sama... minna look!"
The moon light finally found a hole in the clouds and peaked through,
beams of light penetrating the darkness and allowing the small senshi
to see the battle field.
"How can this be?" Sailor Juno asked, checking Venus and Mars for a
pulse.
Sailor Vesta shook her head, tears forming in her eyes as she laid
Small Lady's hand on her chest. "She's dead."
"So is the King," Sailor Pallas noted, struggling to keep her tears
back.
The children pulled the fourteen bodies together and laid them
side-by-side.
Pushing a hand over her red hair, Ceres took a sweeping look around.
Buildings burned, trees were down, structures completely devastated. The
remains of a large battle were at hand, complete with fallen warriors who
gave their all to save Earth.
"This can't happen," Vesta insisted. "The future wouldn't be there if
this happened in the past. The King and Queen would not be alive, Small Lady,
Kaze, Sor-"
"Where are Kaze and Sora?" Pallas interrupted.
"Are they born yet?"
"Hai," Vesta answered Juno.
The four warriors scanned the area for signs of life. A small light
burned in front of a large building. The words Tokyo Memorial Hospital stood
out on the front wall of the building. They walked forward.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What happened?" Ikuko asked, looking around the room.
Kenji pulled her to his chest and stared out the window she has watched
the battle from. "Where is Usagi?!" she demanded when he remained silent.
"I... I'm going to find out! They can't do this!"
"NO Shingo, let your sister handle this," Kenji growled to keep his
son quiet.
Ikuko pulled herself out of Kenji's embrace and went to the bed where
her grandchildren sat. "Kaze... Sora..."
The twins looked up at the same time, eyeing their grandmother with
peaked curiosity.
Behind them, the door opened and all occupants of the room turned to
see who their visitor was. Hoping beyond hope that Usagi would bounce through
and smile at them.
Instead four young girls entered. They couldn't have been more than
twelve, thirteen at the most. Each wore sailor fukus... and their hair was up
in the most peculiar fashion.
"Who are you?" Kenji demanded.
The children stopped dead in their tracks. "Tsukino-san?"
Kenji and Ikuko nodded. "We are here on behalf of the future."
"I am Sailor Ceres..."
"... Sailor Pallas..."
"... Sailor Juno..."
"... Sailor Vesta, we are Small Lady's guardians from the future."
"Okay," Ikuko answered in a daze. "Are you here to help? What's
happening?"
"We were hoping you could tell us," Pallas answered, going over to
where Kaze and Sora sat. "The twins. Minna, here are the twins."
The other three girls went over to the bed and looked down. "Hai.
Kaze sure was cute when he was a baby," Juno remarked.
"No time for this," Ceres snapped at them. "We have to find a way to
help the Queen and King."
A horse's feet shuffling on the ground caused everyone to look
outside. A white unicorn with feathers stood proud in the grass. A young
boy stood beside him, looking at the bodies of the senshi, Lights, Prince,
Princess and Chibi-Usa. "What happened here?!" the young boy demanded.
"Regular little get together..." Juno remarked under her breath.
"Hush!" Vesta reprimanded.
As leader of the senshi, Sailor Ceres came forward. "We do not know
what happened exactly; but they are dead."
Helios looked up from the line of bodies. "No."
"Huh?" Pallas commented, eyeing each body carefully.
"They are not... or I would be dead. Earth would be dead. We are
connected, my Prince and I and Elysion. He is not dead."
"What do we do?" Vesta asked.
"Come with me."
~~~~~~~~~~~
King Endymion walked through the conference room door and took his seat.
"I have called this meeting because I have finally seen the truth about what
happened in the time we were "dead" following Beryl's final attack."
Mercury continued to type on her computer as he spoke.
"You must help your past selves. They lack their powers, and each of
you will have to find a way to give them back."
"But how do we do that and live ourselves?" Jupiter asked.
Endymion buried his head in his hands. "I do not know... but Sere is
vanishing, we must hurry."
All the scouts jumped to their feet and left for the time gate.
"Good luck my friends," Endymion whispered to them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Helios?!" the future Venus murmured, coming up to the death scene in
the streets of Tokyo.
"Hai, hurry now. You know what to do."
Each senshi placed their hands on their past selves. The guardians of
Small Lady joined hands around their princess while Helios helped Usagi and
Mamoru.
The wind rose around them as each senshi concentrated on their mission.
Scarce moonlight broke through the clouds above and fell on Princess Serenity's
form. Her crescent moon flickered once, twice, then lit up brightly.
A bright red glow emanated from Super Sailor Mars and her past
counter part. The future Mars poured a part of her powers into Rei. Slowly
she found life in the still body and started urging it to become larger. The
red glow disappeared and time stood still. The blackness parted to make
way for a faint red glow. The symbol of Mars firing up once more on Rei's
forehead.
Helios closed his eyes and dug deep into Endymion's body, searching for
life. A bright green symbol of Earth sprang up on his forehead.
A large beam of light penetrated the sky, causing blindness to any who
were watching. The heaven opened and small sparkles of dust gathered around
the bodies.
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~*~Epilogue~*~
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"Hurry Small Lady!"
"I'm hurrying... I can't help it if I have a lot more stuff than what
I came with!"
Vesta tapped her foot loudly, indicating her short fuse.
Usagi smiled through her tears. "I'll miss you Chibi-Usa."
Chibi-Usa stopped what she was doing and sat down beside her mother.
"I'll miss you. But don't worry, you'll see me soon enough."
Mamoru chuckled his agreement, shifting Kazeno in his arms. The half
asleep child sucked his thumb quietly, watching his parents.
Finally ready, Chibi-Usa went through the tearful task of saying
goodbye to the senshi and lights.
"I'll miss everyone," she cried as everyone took turns hugging her.
"Stay out of trouble," Minako warned playfully.
"Don't eat too much sugar," Makoto added.
"Study hard," Ami told her.
"Here is a good luck charm," Rei said, handing her a small necklace.
"Visit again." Michiru hugged her.
"Don't bug your parents *too* much," Haruka laughed.
"I'll miss you," Hotaru said quietly.
"I'll see you soon, Small Lady," Setsuna replied.
"Stay sweet munchkin," Seiya smiled at her.
"Play a couple of pranks a week to keep a smile on your face," Yaten laughed.
"Be a good girl," Taiki said uncomfortably.
Mamoru hugged her tightly in one arm, Usagi in his other. The three
way hug last for sometime. Finally Chibi-Usa pulled back and wiped at her
tears.
"I love you Small Lady," Usagi said quietly.
"Goodbye Mom, Dad."
Diana walked away from Luna and Artemis and shook her head to rid of
the tears. Luna turned to Artemis and buried her face in his fur.
Sailor Vesta, Sailor Juno, Sailor Pallas, and Sailor Ceres bid a final
goodbye before going into the time gate. Chibi-Usa and Diana followed.
The future Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury waved as they entered the
portal that would take them to their rightful home.
Everyone parted ways and Mamoru, Usagi, Kaze and Sora started home.
The moonlight danced happily on the couple as they disappeared into
the night.
---End From the Begining - Round Two.
Well, there is that done - I kinda liked my battle scenes, so nothing was
changed in that aspect. Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed!
3 Bethany
03-19-01
add it nicely right here --
I DON'T OWN SAILOR MOON!!
*cough* Did ya'll get all of that? ;)
**********
From the Beginning - Round Two
Chapter 12 - Final Battle
By: Bethany ^_^
Editor: Meara
Author Email: Bethany212@aol.com
**********
Dark.
Silent.
Deathly still.
Every living thing seemed frozen in time as the world watched in
amazement at the small girl - no, woman - drawn up to her full height
and staring pure evil in the face.
She did not flinch.
"It stops here."
In a sudden flash of light, the said woman changed from her summer
dress to a dazzling layer dress. Shimmering layers of white pulsed out
from a stone in her hands, a golden moon symbol shinning brightly on her
forehead. Long tresses of blonde-silver hair flowed behind her, never
touching the ground although no wind blew.
Somewhere, not far, a small girl moaned as her head pulsed with a
headache. Her mind ran laps, remembering everything that had happened to
her. Her hand found her forehead and she rubbed slowly, painfully.
A flash of light outside her window caused her to look up into the
heavens. The night was still and dark... forbidding. "Mom..." she
whispered, sitting up on the side of her bed.
Outside the same room, the hallway was filled with shuffling feet
as Chiba Mamoru walked back and forth, rocking a near-sleeping Kazeno.
He knew she had gone to fight, but he had no idea what was happening
until his body grew stiff and alert. "...Usako..." Handing the confused
child to his Royal Head General, Mamoru took off out of the hospital,
using his soul-bonded link with Usagi to find the battle scene. Of course,
he'd had to have been blind to miss the brightness covering the area.
A small chuckle left Beryl/Metallia's throat. "You think you can
beat me, moon brat? Honestly child, I would have thought you smarter than
that."
Soundlessly Princess Serenity stood, spine stiff, staring relentlessly
at her enemy. The red haired woman with blank black eyes stared back, her
entire body almost shuddering, waiting for the Princess to make the first
move. It was a show down, and only one of them would survive.
Twelve sets of eyes watched and waited from behind the Princess.
Each eagerly waiting for the first sign of a battle. Each also regretting
what was soon to happen.
Feline eyes stared out the hospital room window. Sadly she turned
to face Chibi-Usa - only to find her bed was completely deserted. Huge
sad eyes found another set of feline eyes and they shared a silent message.
"Selene help them."
Kenji looked up at his son, then down at the body of his wife.
Bright white light penetrated the room, effectively blinding all that
were seated there. Suddenly a movement under him caused Kenji to look
down... into the wide open and alert eyes of his wife.
A small boy looked out his window at the light seeping through
the blinds. A small vase of dead flowers suddenly bloomed to life, basking
in the glow of the mysterious light.
Kunzite gasped as Kazeno started to throw up once more, but nothing
but clear liquid left his stomach and heat drained from his face.
The night calmness was broken by foot steps, boots hitting the
pavement in sure strides until their owner reached his destination. A cape
flew back, fluttering due to some unseen, unfelt wind. A long sword waited
in it's place on the man's side, to be used for blood shed. Prince Endymion
stood tall beside his Princess, waiting for the next move.
Small, delicate feet adorned in white high heels, a ground touching
white ruffled dress with gold accents, huge red eyes framed by pink cone-shaped
odangos with hair that fell from each one to flow to near-waist level. A bright
crescent moon symbol adorning her forehead. Princess Usagi Small Lady Serenity
stood proud, her mother's extended Moon Wand in hand, watching her enemy with
a keen eye.
A movement.
A small trace of silence was shattered by the call of a single
command. "Kill them."
Mars whipped her head back, her eyes searching the ground for
youmas, instead she was greeted by the eyes of Jedite. At the same
moment, each senshi found themselves in front of their respective matches.
Minako looked into Kunzite's blazing eyes. Ami blushed slightly at
Zoisite's intense gaze. Lita smiled thankfully at Nephrite.
"WORLD SHAKING!" And the battle begun.
***********
Neo-Queen Serenity looked up from her lap, the throne room was
empty save two tall thrones, and five smaller ones. "Endy?"
"Yes, Love?" he answered from the hallway behind her.
She paused, staring at the throne that held Chibi-Usa on political
meetings and such. "I'm scared."
Slowly coming around to face his pregnant wife, King Endymion noted
how scared she really did look. Kami, I haven't seen her this upset in
years... "Don't worry, Love. All will be fine," he assured her, laying
reassuring butterfly kisses upon her soft hands.
"But that's our daughter out there... can't we do something?!"
Nodding solemnly, Endymion tried to guide her to bed. Eight months
pregnant... you need sleep Love, he sent to her telepathically.
"No Endy! We have to help them! Pluto is not at the time gate, the
battle has begun!"
"They will be fine."
Shaking her head, Serenity allowed him to lead her to their suits.
"It was so hard Endy... so hard."
"But we made it, didn't we?"
At that same moment, as if in response to his question; Neo-Queen
Serenity's form faded before him, growing dangerously thin before
returning to normal. I'm so tired... don't feel good, she said to him
silently, too weak to speak.
Panic gripped the King as he laid back on their bed and stalked
out of the room towards the princess' wing.
The door swung open without so much as a knock. "I'm in need of
your services."
The four young women stood up. Without a word they transformed.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Mars pushed fire out of her fingers, the youma in front of her
still came forward, slashing at her already weak body. Blood ran down
her forehead as she dodged it's fist and rolled weakly to the right. "No,
damn you! I will kill you!" she spit, blood spurting out of her mouth in
the action.
"Venus... Love-me Chain!!" It was slower than normal, due to her
lack of energy, but still found it target -- that leaped out of the way.
"Shimatta!" Venus mumbled, bending down slightly to ease the pain in her
back from the long gash that was there. Cuts lined her shoulders, arms and
chest but still she fought. Turning she landed one hard blow on her
opponent before all went black.
Mercury stumbled backwards, tripping over the body that lay behind
her. As her bottom hit the ground, she looked up at the youma laughing in
her face. Her visor slid across her face. "How the hell did you get so
strong?!" she asked more to herself. The "thing's" fist hit her repeatedly
in the stomach, causing blood to boil up from inside her and pour onto her
lap.
"Mercury..." she stood up with the last ounce of energy left in her.
"Aqua..." pulling herself up, she faced her tormentor.
"...Rhaphosody!" Her tear filled eyes found that of the body she had
tripped over. "Zoisit--"
"No!" Jupiter screamed as Mercury went down. In front of her stood
two youmas, just as worn as she was. "Come on you shit! Let's get this over
with!" She turned her head to the side and wiped the blood from her lip.
The two attacked her from both sides. Stepping forward, Jupiter looked back
at the two that had smashed into each other. "Stupid."
"Not as stupid as me!" Before she had time to react, another youma
attacked from behind, landing hard on top of her and feeding electricity
into her body. She growled as her tiara formed it's electrical rod. "Dumb
ass! I BOND with electricity!" she screamed as it shot out from her forehead
and hit them both.
Pluto looked up from the ground. It seemed like it was coming closer,
or was it that she was falling? She couldn't tell. Her body ached inside
and out, blood stained her fuku and her time staff was bending. Beside her
she watched in horror as Saturn was overwhlemed by about six youmas. "No,"
she cried weakly. In her distraction, the youma hit her a final time.
"Deep Submerge!" water flowed in a stead stream toward a youma. To
Neptune's horror, it still stood. "Damn it," her soft voice swore as she
fell to one knee. The deep gash in her stomach was causing her to loose too
much blood. Her body felt weak and darkness was pulling unmercifully at
her mind.
"No!" she pushed it back and stood once more. "Die," she spit at her
opponent. "Deep Submerg-" the attack died at her lips as she fell to the
ground.
Seiya looked over at the bodies of her/his 'brothers' then at the
youmas that had taken them out. "DAMN YOU!" His black hair flew around
him and hard eyes found that of a furry blood-sucking youma.
"You will pay for that." Closing his eyes to ward off dizziness, Fighter
took a deep breath and pushed with all his might to say his last words,
"Star... Serious... Laser!"
Haruka stood close to where Chibi-Usa was watching the battle. For
one reason, that maybe only she understood, she had yet to attack. But
she couldn't think of that, in front of her stood two blood thirsty
youmas.
"WORLD SHAKING!" A ball of energy, shaped oddly like Uranus, flew at the
youmas. They stood through it. "How did you get so strong? Or am I that
weak?" There was no time for an answer before the youmas threw more dark
energy at her that whipped and tore at her skin. She fell.
Having no proof, but knowledge of her friends state, Princess
Serenity threw an energy ball at the youma in front of her. It went down,
leaving only about fifteen or so dozen left.
"This is taking too long," she told Endymion as he pulled his sword out
of another chest.
Closing her eyes, she gathered her energy to the crystal, "Silver
Crystal... Destroy this evil!!" Endymion shook his head no as she pulled
her life force and feed it into the crystal that then shot it out towards
the heavens.
The raging wind blew past a form laying on the ground, a stricken
man holding her hand to his face. Beryl/Metallia's laugh filled the silence.
"No... Usako, NO!" Prince Endymion cried, the energy blast that
she had sent out had blasted open the heavens and killed every youma
within a ten mile radius. Still Beryl lived... while Usagi fell utterly
silent.
"YOU WITCH!!" Endymion screamed, a faint golden glow covering his body.
The night air still hung with a slightly silver glow, it was now joined
with a golden aura that fled from Prince Endymion and struck the beast
before him.
A single tear slid down Mars face as she held up her henshin stick.
"MARS PLANET POWER!"
Using their last breath, Venus and Mercury followed.
Somewhere in the distance, a low mummer was heard. "I love you
Mina-chan," Yaten said almost silently before pulling out his own stick.
"For you Princess," Seiya said, pulling out his own stick. "STAR
FIGHTER POWER!"
Small Lady went to where her father was kneeling before her mother.
Tears were in her eyes, but she refused to give in. "Prince," she
addressed. "We must finish this."
Wide eyes found his daughter's, and took comfort in the fact that she
was still alive. "Hai, Small Lady."
Holding up the silver crystal, Small Lady placed her hands beside Prince
Endymion's and allowed her light to penetrate and mix with his.
Two large rays of golden and silver joined with the other colored rays
and hit Beryl dead in the chest.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"I don't see anyone."
"Yeah, but the King said that we were needed."
Sailor Ceres looked up, her eyes searching the area for signs of the
past Prince and Princess. The blackness that had surround Tokyo started
fleeing away, moonlight from behind the clouds made seeing possible.
"Kami-sama... minna look!"
The moon light finally found a hole in the clouds and peaked through,
beams of light penetrating the darkness and allowing the small senshi
to see the battle field.
"How can this be?" Sailor Juno asked, checking Venus and Mars for a
pulse.
Sailor Vesta shook her head, tears forming in her eyes as she laid
Small Lady's hand on her chest. "She's dead."
"So is the King," Sailor Pallas noted, struggling to keep her tears
back.
The children pulled the fourteen bodies together and laid them
side-by-side.
Pushing a hand over her red hair, Ceres took a sweeping look around.
Buildings burned, trees were down, structures completely devastated. The
remains of a large battle were at hand, complete with fallen warriors who
gave their all to save Earth.
"This can't happen," Vesta insisted. "The future wouldn't be there if
this happened in the past. The King and Queen would not be alive, Small Lady,
Kaze, Sor-"
"Where are Kaze and Sora?" Pallas interrupted.
"Are they born yet?"
"Hai," Vesta answered Juno.
The four warriors scanned the area for signs of life. A small light
burned in front of a large building. The words Tokyo Memorial Hospital stood
out on the front wall of the building. They walked forward.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What happened?" Ikuko asked, looking around the room.
Kenji pulled her to his chest and stared out the window she has watched
the battle from. "Where is Usagi?!" she demanded when he remained silent.
"I... I'm going to find out! They can't do this!"
"NO Shingo, let your sister handle this," Kenji growled to keep his
son quiet.
Ikuko pulled herself out of Kenji's embrace and went to the bed where
her grandchildren sat. "Kaze... Sora..."
The twins looked up at the same time, eyeing their grandmother with
peaked curiosity.
Behind them, the door opened and all occupants of the room turned to
see who their visitor was. Hoping beyond hope that Usagi would bounce through
and smile at them.
Instead four young girls entered. They couldn't have been more than
twelve, thirteen at the most. Each wore sailor fukus... and their hair was up
in the most peculiar fashion.
"Who are you?" Kenji demanded.
The children stopped dead in their tracks. "Tsukino-san?"
Kenji and Ikuko nodded. "We are here on behalf of the future."
"I am Sailor Ceres..."
"... Sailor Pallas..."
"... Sailor Juno..."
"... Sailor Vesta, we are Small Lady's guardians from the future."
"Okay," Ikuko answered in a daze. "Are you here to help? What's
happening?"
"We were hoping you could tell us," Pallas answered, going over to
where Kaze and Sora sat. "The twins. Minna, here are the twins."
The other three girls went over to the bed and looked down. "Hai.
Kaze sure was cute when he was a baby," Juno remarked.
"No time for this," Ceres snapped at them. "We have to find a way to
help the Queen and King."
A horse's feet shuffling on the ground caused everyone to look
outside. A white unicorn with feathers stood proud in the grass. A young
boy stood beside him, looking at the bodies of the senshi, Lights, Prince,
Princess and Chibi-Usa. "What happened here?!" the young boy demanded.
"Regular little get together..." Juno remarked under her breath.
"Hush!" Vesta reprimanded.
As leader of the senshi, Sailor Ceres came forward. "We do not know
what happened exactly; but they are dead."
Helios looked up from the line of bodies. "No."
"Huh?" Pallas commented, eyeing each body carefully.
"They are not... or I would be dead. Earth would be dead. We are
connected, my Prince and I and Elysion. He is not dead."
"What do we do?" Vesta asked.
"Come with me."
~~~~~~~~~~~
King Endymion walked through the conference room door and took his seat.
"I have called this meeting because I have finally seen the truth about what
happened in the time we were "dead" following Beryl's final attack."
Mercury continued to type on her computer as he spoke.
"You must help your past selves. They lack their powers, and each of
you will have to find a way to give them back."
"But how do we do that and live ourselves?" Jupiter asked.
Endymion buried his head in his hands. "I do not know... but Sere is
vanishing, we must hurry."
All the scouts jumped to their feet and left for the time gate.
"Good luck my friends," Endymion whispered to them.
~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Helios?!" the future Venus murmured, coming up to the death scene in
the streets of Tokyo.
"Hai, hurry now. You know what to do."
Each senshi placed their hands on their past selves. The guardians of
Small Lady joined hands around their princess while Helios helped Usagi and
Mamoru.
The wind rose around them as each senshi concentrated on their mission.
Scarce moonlight broke through the clouds above and fell on Princess Serenity's
form. Her crescent moon flickered once, twice, then lit up brightly.
A bright red glow emanated from Super Sailor Mars and her past
counter part. The future Mars poured a part of her powers into Rei. Slowly
she found life in the still body and started urging it to become larger. The
red glow disappeared and time stood still. The blackness parted to make
way for a faint red glow. The symbol of Mars firing up once more on Rei's
forehead.
Helios closed his eyes and dug deep into Endymion's body, searching for
life. A bright green symbol of Earth sprang up on his forehead.
A large beam of light penetrated the sky, causing blindness to any who
were watching. The heaven opened and small sparkles of dust gathered around
the bodies.
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~*~Epilogue~*~
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"Hurry Small Lady!"
"I'm hurrying... I can't help it if I have a lot more stuff than what
I came with!"
Vesta tapped her foot loudly, indicating her short fuse.
Usagi smiled through her tears. "I'll miss you Chibi-Usa."
Chibi-Usa stopped what she was doing and sat down beside her mother.
"I'll miss you. But don't worry, you'll see me soon enough."
Mamoru chuckled his agreement, shifting Kazeno in his arms. The half
asleep child sucked his thumb quietly, watching his parents.
Finally ready, Chibi-Usa went through the tearful task of saying
goodbye to the senshi and lights.
"I'll miss everyone," she cried as everyone took turns hugging her.
"Stay out of trouble," Minako warned playfully.
"Don't eat too much sugar," Makoto added.
"Study hard," Ami told her.
"Here is a good luck charm," Rei said, handing her a small necklace.
"Visit again." Michiru hugged her.
"Don't bug your parents *too* much," Haruka laughed.
"I'll miss you," Hotaru said quietly.
"I'll see you soon, Small Lady," Setsuna replied.
"Stay sweet munchkin," Seiya smiled at her.
"Play a couple of pranks a week to keep a smile on your face," Yaten laughed.
"Be a good girl," Taiki said uncomfortably.
Mamoru hugged her tightly in one arm, Usagi in his other. The three
way hug last for sometime. Finally Chibi-Usa pulled back and wiped at her
tears.
"I love you Small Lady," Usagi said quietly.
"Goodbye Mom, Dad."
Diana walked away from Luna and Artemis and shook her head to rid of
the tears. Luna turned to Artemis and buried her face in his fur.
Sailor Vesta, Sailor Juno, Sailor Pallas, and Sailor Ceres bid a final
goodbye before going into the time gate. Chibi-Usa and Diana followed.
The future Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Mercury waved as they entered the
portal that would take them to their rightful home.
Everyone parted ways and Mamoru, Usagi, Kaze and Sora started home.
The moonlight danced happily on the couple as they disappeared into
the night.
---End From the Begining - Round Two.
Well, there is that done - I kinda liked my battle scenes, so nothing was
changed in that aspect. Otherwise, I hope you enjoyed!
3 Bethany
03-19-01