mars

Sailor Mars

Rei Hino was worried about her Grandfather…she was even worried about Yuuichirou. The evil energy was drawing nearer, and about an hour ago she could have sworn she felt an evil energy surge come from Mercury's room. But she dismissed it, no evil could enter the moon palace, or that was what Queen Serenity had said.

"Damn! If only I knew…" she said as she slammed her fist against the balcony pillar. She turned to enter her room once again but paused momentarily when she felt something enter her room.

"Who's there?" she asked.

"Princess Mars…I have tried to protect you from the evil that is fast approaching," a voice said, the voice was surprisingly familiar to her.

"That voice…it's Jedite's…" she stammered as a ghost appeared in front of her.

"Yes…and I can not protect you for much longer, you must warn the princess and my master of the evil," he said as he looked at her.

"Your master? But I thought you were with Baril," Rei stammered.

"Yes I was…but before I was a general and royal body guard to Prince Endymion of earth…please you must hurry," he pleaded with her.

"Why are you helping me?" she asked.

"Because in the Silver Millennium I loved you, and I still do…hurry please," he said as he vanished. Unknowingly tears escaped from her eyes, she knew what he had said was true. She was about to open the door, but when her hand touched the doorknob something painful drove into her back. She screamed in pain, but the scream rang through her ears only. She hit the floor and clutched her chest still holding onto the doorknob. Her hand slipped and she collapsed to the floor her eyes shut ever so slowly.

"Serenity…I need to warn you," she whispered and then closed her eyes. No one heard her soft plea. She woke up to hear the sound of her grandfather talking to Yuuichirou about something or other. As she walked outside she noticed that she was in her Sailor Fuku and not in her robes for the temple. Instead of showing herself she listened in on what the two were talking about.

"I don't care what she says…I know what I am…and I shall return to that destiny," her grandfather stated to Yuuichirou.

"Does it really matter? I mean it won't affect her any, will it?" he asked.

"No…she will have nothing to do with it. And once we destroy the Sailor Senshi…nothing will stop us," he said and even added a wicked laugh.

"No…grandpa…turning evil," she whispered to herself.

"Who's there!" her grandfather demanded. Rei stepped out of the shadows.

"So I see that you heard our plans to destroy you and your friends…now you'll be the first to die," he said.

"Grandpa don't" she yelled as she touched the jewel on her tiara and detransformed.

"REI! NO! YOU CAN'T BE SAILOR MARS!" Yuuichirou yelled.

"No matter…we'll destroy her…but last…then she can watch her friends die," her grandfather stated.

"NO! YOU CAN'T!" she yelled her protest, but they totally ignored her.

"You helped Sailor Moon from letting me rejoin my kind in the negaverse," he said. Usagi appeared in front of Rei.

"You can do it Rei…that's not Yuuichirou or your grandfather. I know you know that. You have to fight, don't give in," she said.

"But I failed you…I am no good at protecting you," Rei said.

"You didn't fail…you gave me independence that I never had during the Silver Millennium, I know you can win…"

"But I need your help,"

"This is your own battle…I can't help you with this one…" she said. Rei's grandfather had turned into the red little monster that was one of the seven shadows. He shot an energy beam right at Usagi and as soon as it hit her she disappeared.

"USAGI!!!" Rei cried. A red aurora flared around her, "you are not my grandfather…you are not Yuuichirou…they would never side with the enemy!" she yelled. Her aurora flared and the figures of the red youma and Yuuichirou disintegrated into the flames that surrounded her.

"Thank you Usagi-chan…" she said as she closed her eyes and she fell asleep, just like Sailor Mercury