Bishoujo Senshi Sailormoon Eclipse 22
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By: Jackie Miller
Rebirth
The energy zoomed towards Planet, who paled and held Moon out in front of her. The beam actually stuck Moon, whose eyes widened, but it seemed to melt through her body and it hit Planet in the chest. Planet screamed and dropped Moon to the ground as she herself fell in a heap, the energy racking her body, swirls of energy racing around her curled up body.
Moon started coughing and held her throat, struggling to get to her knees. Jupiter rushed up and gently helped her to her feet, slinging on of her arms around her shoulder. "Arigatou…minna…" she said, her voice hoarse and weak. "Usagi!" the rest of the Inner senshi ran up and hugged her.
"Kitten, daijoubu?" Uranus asked, her blue eyes worried. Pluto and Neptune smiled at Moon from beside Luna. "Hai." Moon said, coughing hard. "Karei…" she said, turning and looking at Earth who was standing a few feet away. "Arigatou. You did well." she said, smiling. Earth blushed and looked down.
Moon suddenly gasped and struggled away from Jupiter, limping towards Luna. "Luna! Mamo-chan?" she asked, fear in her voice as she looked down at him. "He'll be fine, he took the brunt of the blast, I would heal him, but I myself am injured. He will be fine, don't worry." Luna said reassuringly. Moon sighed in relief and kissed his cheek softly.
Mercury smiled happily and turned to look where Planet had fallen. Her face paled even more, Planet was gone! "minna…" she stuttered, pointing, but no one heard her. "Kami-sama!!" she suddenly screamed, backing up and running into Earth. The senshi all turned, Planet was in the air above them.
Her dress was completely torn, the only thing covering her nudity was her long hair swirling around her. Her face was bruised and blood was dripping everywhere. "Onore!" she screamed at Moon, her face completely mal-formed from her hate. "SHINDE!!" she shrieked, a huge blast of energy, incomparable to any before erupted from her whole body and swept over all the senshi. They screamed and fell to the ground, energy racking their bodies as it had done Planet.
Planet laughed and laughed, her teeth were pink from blood. "You will never beat me!! Never!!" she chortled, coughing up blood as she laughed. Suddenly the laughed stopped as someone stood up, a girl in a long white gown. "Just die!!" she screamed, more energy striking the person, but it seemed to be deflected by a shield around them. "Who are you!?" she yelled, tearing hair from her head.
"I am Princess Serenity, from the lineage of the Moon. I have come from a line of protectors. And I will let no harm come to my planet or my friends. We gave you a chance, but you will die." She said calmly. Planet laughed and more blood spilled from her wounds, "Ha! You cannot harm me! I control your planet!" she screamed.
"Yes you may, but you do not control this!" Serenity yelled, she held the ginzoushou in front of her. "This is for Fire and for my friends. And for all the people you have killed and destroyed in your life!" the crystal suddenly exploded in a brilliant light, the light of unborn stars and raced towards Planet who screamed and flung up her arms. Serenity fell to the ground unconscious as Planet disappeared….
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Mars coughed and sat up, brushing dirt and blood from her eyes. "Usagi?" she whispered, looking around. The hallway was dark, save for the light from Earth peering in from between the pillars. She suddenly screamed, putting her hands to her throat, "Usagi!!"
The other senshi awoke from her scream, to see Mars cuddling Serenity's dead body to her chest, tears streaming down her cheeks. "No…" Neptune whispered, her chin quivering as tears dripped down her cheeks. The other senshi bent their heads and wept, their princess was dead.
A warm violet began to glow over them, unnoticed at first, until it started to grow brighter and brighter, light chasing away every shadow in the hallway. Mars slowly looked up, her eyes were full of despair, yet they widened. "Saturn…" she whispered in awe.
Saturn's ghost floated a few inches off the ground, next to Mars and Serenity, her Silence Glaive in her hand, a sad look on her face. "Hotaru-chan…" Uranus whispered, looking up.
"No one needs to die." Saturn said, her voice barely more than a whisper, yet it was clearly heard by all. She reached down an illuminescent finger and touched Serenity's forehead. Mars looked down, her eyes slowly brightening with hope. Serenity's eyelashes fluttered and they slowly opened, revealing crystal blue eyes. "Usagi…" Mars cried even more, this time tears of joy.
She heard a peculiar sound, it sounded like a baby cooing, she looked up, but Saturn was gone. "Hotaru-chan!" Pluto suddenly called out, crawling weakly along the ground to the crater where Planet had been. In her place, there was a small violet-haired baby, who cooed and smiled, pulling on Pluto's hair. Pluto's eyes filled with tears and she picked the baby up, turning to smile happily at the tired senshi…
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Outside, the earth continued to spin, it's inhabitants completely unaware of the death that was very nearly theirs. It shone brightly, a beacon in the universe; the stars laughed and clapped their hands with joy. But nothing matched the brightness of that small planet circling that planet, or the elation that filled the hearts of Earth's warriors…..
To Be Continued
