Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Eclipse 13
http://hizashi.net/eclipse/
By: Jackie Miller

Untold Mysteries

The senshi arrived at Tokyo International Airport early the next morning. As they walked off the bus, they felt some of their depression lift from the previous battle…

"Sugoi!" Karei said as they walked through the bustling airport. Usagi and Mamoru walked beside her, and the other Inners surrounded her.

"Isn't it awesome here! I love being in Tokyo! Let's go see a movie!" Minako laughed, she had a death grip on Karei's arm.

"Ha.." Karei started, but Rei broke in,

"Hai, Hai! There are so many shops here! Let's go shopping!" she smiled, taking Karei's other arm.

"Ha.." Karei started to say, a sweatdrop began to form,

"Minna! She has to eat first! Let's go to a nice restaurant!" Makoto butted in, walking backwards in front of them.

"Oh ha..!" Karei started to smile, but Ami interrupted her,

"Iie! I'm sure she needs a break, let's take her home, so she can rest!" she said, looking up from her book, behind them.

Karei just sighed and hung her head. Haruka and Michiru walked together behind them all,

"I can't believe she's really gone." Michiru said softly behind them. Haruka put a arm around her shoulders comfortingly,

"Daijoubu. You know that she will be back, she always is!" she said.

"Demo…what about Setsuna, Hotaru said that planet had captured her. How can we save her?" she whispered, near tears. Haruka sighed and looked down…

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"So, how do you like the temple?" Rei asked, as she swept off the shrine's steps.

"It's beautiful!" Karei smiled, 'I'm glad that Rei asked me to stay with her!' she thought to herself. The temple looked particularly gorgeous that day. The summer sun shone softly down on the shrine, the walls glinting gloriously. Rei's crows cawed above her, their feathers glistened in the morning sun. Karei sat down on the steps, and sighed closing her eyes and lifting her face to the sun. "Something seems so familiar about this." She said softly. She opened her eyes and watched Rei sweeping up the steps, her hakama flowing around her. "I know that I've seen this before, you, in your hakama. It seems….so familiar." She said softly.

"Really?" Rei asked, sitting down beside Karei, "I remember…a dream." She said hesitantly, "You were in it, you told me that I had to find you and that we…needed each other. But when our hands touched, you disappeared." Rei looked down and smiled slightly, "It's silly, ne?" she joked.

"Iie! I…I think that I remember a dream just like that. But we did find each other, ne?" she smiled at Rei. She held up a hand and Rei held up hers, and they touched each others' hand.

"We did find each other!" Rei smiled, she hugged Karei and said, "I'm glad that we did." Karei smiled back. Rei's two crows, cawed above their heads, and they lighted on Rei's shoulder.

"Karei-chan, have you met my friends? she said.

"This is Phobos and this is Deimos!" Karei said, laughing "Right?" she asked, looking confused for a moment. The crows cawed and flew to her shoulders. She laughed and Rei looked surprised.

"How did she know their names? They usually don't take to strangers so well!" she wondered….

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Planet sat on her throne and sighed as she looked through the pillars at the glistening earth. She stood up, and wandered through the halls of the palace. 'This palace is so beautiful, I wonder who built it." She trailed a hand across the silver pillars, and they instantly shimmered and a thin shriek sounded as they turned to a regular gold. Planet laughed, 'So this very structure is holy, what a irony.' She thought. She wandered through the palace, she found her way down to the basement of the castle. 'Why did this not show up on the scan of the palace?' she thought confused. She walked through the dusty vault, brushing dust off her black dress.

She walked up to a small silver door, she reached to open it, when she touched she cried out, "Itai!" she quickly pulled her hand back, staring at the glowing silver door-knob. She reached towards it again, but a silver bolt of electricity shot from it and struck her hand, turning it numb for a moment. She screamed in pain loudly, the piercing sound ringing through the palace and took a step back, "Nani!" she gasped, holding her hand to her chest. She looked angry for a moment.

She stretched her injured hand out, and looked at. It felt strange, painful even; her fingernails were now silvery-white and the skin of her entire arm was now a paler color. She stared at it, and her eyes flickered silver for a moment, but she shook her head and her eyes turned blue again. "Hmm." She murmured. She took a breath and reached towards the door knob again. This time her hand grasped the doorknob and she felt a delicious rush of pleasure rush through her.

She opened the door and gasped….

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Controllermatter worked at his table, beside the energy room. He worked busily on what seemed to be a gold fan. His brown eyes were narrowed as sparks flew on the fan, 'I'll make her pay.' He thought. Suddenly there was a hiss and the door of the energy chamber cracked open. He quickly shoved his things into a drawer and stood up. The door opened wider and Mistress Luna slid out, the steam billowing around her. She stretched luxuriously and her hair undulated behind her. Matter gaped as she sauntered over to him. She shone slightly with a gold aura, and her hips swayed provocatively, sheathed in tight gold silk. Her hair seemed longer and trailed behind her on the floor, like a black cape, and it's curls glistened in the soft moonlight coming from the window.

"Mis..Mistress Luna…" he stuttered, she was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen, the only thing that spoiled her perfection was the black crescent moon on her forehead. She smiled seductively and strolled up to him. She stopped two inches from him, pushing him back into the table.

"My dear Matter-san, you are looking particularly handsome today. What do you say to a…partnership?" she asked, pressing her hips into his side, and encircling his waist with her arms, leaving no doubt to her intentions. She slipped one hand down in between them, smiling as his eyes widened with desire

"I…I…" he stuttered, desire heating his veins to near boiling point as she did wicked things with her hand. Fear and hatred filled him, and he tried to back away from her, but the table blocked his path, there was no escape from her nimble hand.

"Not today? Oh well.." she sighed sensually, she stepped away from him, giving him one last stroke, her fan in her other hand.

"How?" he whispered, looking behind him, her fan was gone.

"Men!" she sighed, rolling her eyes, flicking her fan open, but it did not open, matter's eyes widened with fear.

"Nani?" she hissed, her eyes narrowing. Her aura started to shine around her and she looked down at her fan. She pulled it open and the gold material ripped. She stared at it for a moment, matter backed into a corner, he could see a fine trembling come over her for a moment.

"Kisama….." she whispered, she slowly looked up and Matter gasped, her eyes were thin slits of crystal blue, and her hair rose up around her head. "Kisama….." she said louder, she slowly walked towards him, her arms hung at her sides, and her aura snapped around her.

"I…I didn't!" he cried, holding a hand up. She slowly walked up, pushing him further into the corner with a long gold nail. He cowered before her, "Onegai!" he whispered, tears forming.

Luna suddenly smiled almost motherly at him. "My dear Matter-san." She crooned, lifting his chin with a long finger. "Don't ever…" her voice turned dark, and she raked a razor-sharp nail down his cheek. "Mess with me!" she yelled, taking back her hand dripping with blood.

He shrieked and held a hand to his cheek, blood poured from between his fingers. She smiled and then paled slightly, she took a step back and held a hand to her forehead. They both heard a scream echo from somewhere in the palace, just as Luna's body flashed gold and rose off the ground, she uttered a high piercing shriek and slumped to the ground, her body limp.

"What's going on!" a voice snapped from the door. Matter jumped and turned, Fire was standing in the doorway, her hands on her hips as she surveyed the scene. "Fire-chan!" he cried, he rushed to her, and hugged her fiercely. "I don't know what happened! I…I was working on her fan, so we could get rid of her! But she saw it before I was finished! She tried to kill me!" he said, near tears.

"Matter-san! Pull yourself together!" she frowned, giving him a shove away from her, "Your stronger than this! Who cares if she's stronger than you! You're smarter! Calm down!" she snapped. Matter's eyes widened for a moment, but he nodded and collected himself.

"Gomen nasai. I don't know what came over me." He said quietly, ashamed.

"It's all right, that is one of her powers, to make people feel weaker than she is." Fire said, softening, she hugged him gently, "I'm sorry I snapped at you." She said, kissing him on the cheek.

"Iie. I needed it." He said, kissing her back on the lips, relieved to find her sweet loving lips, instead of that witches. His heart still raced from Mistress Luna's 'attentions,' but he sought to free his body from it, wrapping his arms around Fire's back as he deepened the kiss, momentarily forgetting about Luna unconscious on the ground.

"Ne, let's see what happened to her!" Fire admonished, breaking the kiss gently, she cautiously walked over to Luna, who was still unconscious on the ground. She gently flipped the woman over and gasped at what she saw.

The normal hard and lined face of Mistress Luna was softer and paler, and the normally black crescent moon on her forehead had turned to a shining gold color. Her eyelashes lay gently on her soft cheeks, and her eyes began to flutter. Her eyes opened slowly, and Matter and Fire took a step back, shocked. Her usual unmerciful and cruel, ice-blue eyes were now softer and her pupils were a clear white. She sat up, holding her head and she looked confused,

"Where am I?" she asked with a soft and gentle voice, so different from the savage voice Matter had heard a moment earlier. Matter looked at Fire in shock….

To Be Continued