Crossings.The Advantage

The weekend rolled around and all the Scouts had decided that they would go shopping after school Friday. Sabin was not as happy and stayed behind at the temple to sleep for a while. Yang didn't care much for going either, but Crystal's constant pestering finally convinced him otherwise. "So," Yang continued talking to Crystal as they were alone together.except the roar of the mall crowd that shuffled in and out of stores buying items and the sound of conversion from other areas of the mall around them, "you never did tell me how you got here."
Crystal looked at Yang and sighed, "Sit down.this may take a bit of explaining.considering I want to know how you made it here also." Yang looked around and spotted an empty bench. He and Crystal walked over and sat down letting their feet rest a bit.
"I wasn't really expecting to come here."
"I know.neither was I.but here we are now.and nothing can change that."
From a bench a good distance away Minako and Usagi saw these two talking. "Can you tell what they're talking about?" Minako asked.
"Nope.I'm as clueless as you are Minako-chan," Usagi replied.
Usagi couldn't get a good look, but she noticed that Crystal had taken Yang's hand in a different gesture. "*gasp!* Could it be that Crystal likes Yang?"
Usagi shook her head in dispute but replied, "Who knows.that's what it looks like.but we only know half of what's going on.after all.we can't hear what they're talking about."
After a few more minutes Crystal and Yang got up and began to walk again away from Usagi and Minako. Rei noticed Minako and Usagi, and decided to join them saying, "Hey guys.what's up?"
Usagi whispered something in her ear and Rei gasped. Usagi nodded and replied in a regular tone, "It's true.they were right over there talking a few minutes ago when Minako-chan and I saw it happen!"
Minako nodded to back up the story, "Yeah! She just took it suddenly as if asked out by Yang!" The crowded mall of talking turned to screams as crowds of people fled at the site of the reploid. Within a matter of minutes everyone was out of the mall, the security knocked out or drained of their precious life energy lying helplessly on the ground around the reploid.
The reploid looked around and laughed, "Foolish humans! You will be feeding my master soon!" it continued talking, "for I am Neon Tiger, and I say that this town needs a new light!"
"Odd.this town's got the most advanced electronics in the world.why would we need a new light when yours are all old models?"
"What?"
"I am Sailor Moon.the champion of justice! And I saw on behalf of the moon I will punish you!
Tiger snorted and replied to this challenge, "You 5 wimps! Every time you fought one of my reploid brothers you failed by yourselves.and since I see no one else here.I am assured a victory!"
"That is highly doubtful chump!" a voice called from the second story of the mall, "I predict you'll be scrap metal within minutes!"
"That's right! I don't see how you can beat 7 of us!" Sailor Centari taunted.
"Well then.I guess we'll just have to even out the odds! I want you to say hello to a friend of mine.he should be being extracted from your friend's head and setup here any minute!"
Shane was groping in pain as images were literally being ripped from his sub-conscious. He lurched out of the bed and began to scream in pain. People in the apartment where Shane was being kept called the police and ambulance in response to this thinking that someone was getting raped or robbed or something. Never would they think that it was something that was beyond the dreams of any mortal. "N.NO!.ST.STAY.AWWWWWWWWWWW!!!!" Shane screamed louder as electric charges shook his brain to the point of tolerance.
Back in the mall a shape began to form. A massive suit of shiny yellow armour first appeared and was probably a good 2½ times as big as Neon Tiger, and carried the firepower of a small battleship. Then, it's driver came. The driver came in a wavy fashion as it gained row after row of pixelation until it's purple chrome-plated body shown and glinted. Finally, the head appeared and was no surprise to Yang. The driver now fully appeared and fine-lined looked around. At first he was a little confused as to what happened.but this onset was quickly over as it began to laugh a deep metallic laugh. "I'm alive! VILE.THE DESTROYER IS ALIVE!!!" He looked over at the carrier still standing in awe and crested with his name on it. "This.is going to be fun!" he slyly said to the enemies of Jedite.
"What the." Yang gasped suddenly as Vile approached the carrier of destruction. "Sailor Centari.make his carrier inoperable! It'll give us a the advantage we'll need, and I think our friend Vile here has gotta find toys that fit his size!"
"Roger.one inoperable carrier coming right up! Preserve Gravity Well!"
Vile jumped out of the way to avoid being bombarded by the waves of gravimetric energy that began to tear the carrier apart. The carrier armour began to break at the bolts and crumbled into dusk. "NO! You little SHIT! I'll make you pay for that.next time! When I do.all you Scouts will remember the pain I will cause for you!"
"You can't talk the talk let alone walk the walk!" Jupiter boasted.
Vile snicker and replied, "and it's still to bad that you have to rely on your parents for everything.oh yes.that's right.they died in a plane crash! A-HA HA HA!!" Vile looked over at Neon and commanded, "Take care of these pests.I have had enough of this petty bickering!" Vile laughed and disappeared behind a cloud of smoke.
"Rwaaaaooooorrrr!" Tiger growled ferociously trying to intimidate the Scouts.
"Your call Mercury!" Sailor Moon said.
Sailor Mercury took out her mini-computer and pushed some buttons. "He's weak right.Shine Aqua Illusion!" A blast of freezing water tore through Tiger.
"Burning Mandala !"
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
"Venus Love Me Chain!" All the other girls yelled sending their attacks toward their stunned opponent.
"Shining Fire Strike!" Yang yelled releasing a blast from his sword.
"Silver Moon Crystal Power Kiss!" Sailor Moon yelled firing the energy beam of crescent energy.
Tiger yelled and exploded into shrapnel.and after.the Scouts celebrated a bit by congratulating each other.
Shane was still lurching everywhere though, as the ambulance had not yet arrived. Mamoru's house was a total mess and Shane was still throwing himself against anything that may break the connection to whatever was tearing away at him. Mamoru appeared and heard them for the first time the screaming Shane as the elevator opened to his floor. He ran to his apartment and fiddled with the key. After a few seconds he opened the door only to have Shane throw himself out. He had lowered the screaming decibels down a notch or two.but his face of pain was still there and Mamoru could see the electric volts rippling Shane's brain. Mamoru picked him up and took him back into his room as he noticed that his room was trashed and he placed Shane on the bed once more despite having him almost shake loose 3 times. He placed him on the bed and looked at the fear that was almost consuming him. He picked up the telephone and called Usagi's house asking for Usagi. "You are sure she hasn't come home yet?" Mamoru asked in a double confirmation.
"Yes Mamoru.she said she wouldn't be home till about 7:00," Usagi's mom replied.
Mamoru hung up his phone and turned to the attention of medics and policemen entering his apartment. Shane had quieted and was lying peacefully. After a few minutes of convincing the police that nothing was wrong with him or Shane the police finally agreed and left Mamoru's apartment. He moaned loudly enough for Mamoru to hear him and Mamoru rushed to his side. "Help me!" Shane whispered loudly then falling into a state of unconsciousness.
Mamoru sighed and thought, "I've got no choice!"
"So.what do we do now?" Minako questioned, "The mall is cleared out for the time being and probably won't open till tomorrow!"
"Good!" Yang yawned, "I've had enough shopping for one day!"
Usagi giggled and the rest of the Scouts joined turning into a hearty laugh. "Scouts! Yang!" Tuxedo Kamen appeared landing beside the group.
"Tuxedo Kamen-sama! What's wrong?"
Tux walked a few steps and replied, "It's Shane.he needs our help! I'm not sure about what.but he mumbled something about the gate to his fears."
"We're coming!" Ami output quickly.

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Shane was moved back to Ami's house after he had trashed Mamoru's apartment. *mumble*.gate.to.*mumble* come to fight and *mumble*."
"Two days." Ami thought, "he's just lying there.mumbling nonsense."
Chibi-Usa entered the room and said, "I feel so terrible all this had to happen to him." Chibi-Usa gave a saddening look to Ami but was suddenly engulfed by a light similar to that of the Silver Crystal. "Ami-chan! Help!" Chibi-Usa yelled as she disappeared.
"Chibi-Usa-chan!" Ami screamed.
"Ami-chan!" Makoto charged into the room, "What's wrong? Where's Chibi- Usa-chan?"
"She's gone! I don't know to where though.she told me that she was going to save this kid.but I didn't know how.then.POOF! Next thing she's disappeared.huh?" A bubble of energy appeared from Shane's mind and looked a lot like another reploid.
It spoke in a calm soothing tone that was almost flat-line and sensitive, "I am not what I seem to appear, but I am Shane." Ami gave Makoto a look and Makoto shrugged back as confused as Ami. "Your friend Sailor Chibi-Moon is currently trying to figure out the riddle."
"Huh?" Makoto looked even more confused than before.
"Let me try again.Chibi-Usa." the bubble dissipated and everything went quiet.
Ami looked over at Makoto and opened her mouth, but Makoto pretty much knew what Ami was going to say and nodded, "On it Ami-chan."

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Minutes later.
"We're ready.let's hope he hasn't lost his mind." Yang said.
"Wait a minute.how are we going to get into his mind?" Crystal suddenly asked the thousand-dollar question. Everyone groaned suddenly before the same light that had taken Chibi-Usa took everyone as well.

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Inside Shane's head.ewwww!!!
"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Chibi-Moon called running toward the group.
"Everything alright?" Sailor Moon asked.
Chibi-Moon nodded in conformation, "Hey, what are you guys doing here anyway?"
"Isn't it obvious Chibi-Moon?" Mars laughed a little, "we're we transported here as well. As to why.I don't know."
"Hmmmmm.I guess I could let them try," a voice called out of the stillness that seemed to pierce the area more than anything.
"What the.huh?" Venus turned towards the pillars of light that we're appearing before the group of heroes.
The group stood senseless at the appearing pillars as they took shapes and colors forming bars of steel and hinges of gold. Then after the lights died down and the shapes were done transforming, the voice called again from the sub-conscious, "You want to help your friend so much? Then you must face the riddles and challenges that I are presented before you."
"Riddles!" Moon gasped, "Just who ARE you anyway?"
A figure of a little man appeared before the gates and called to them, "My name.is Chrono. I am the gatekeeper of this human's mind. In all humans a gate exists that controls emotions and the sub-conscious. I was chosen among ALL the images put into this humans mind to guard the gate till his death."
"Sounds reasonable enough." Zerto said in contempt.
"So.you want to enter the mind of the of the most powerful human ever to walk the face of the Earth next to Jesus himself.hmmmm." Chrono thought and suddenly pointed to Sailor Moon, "you! I want you to come over here."
Sailor Moon shrugged and walked over to where Chrono, "Now what?" Chrono snapped his fingers and a desk appeared. "A desk.you want me to sit?" Chrono nodded and snapped his fingers again. A piece of paper appeared on the desk.
"Your test is to pass this math test."
Sailor Moon's eyes widened in terror, "But.but.but!"
"Sit your butt.doowwwnnn!"
Moon began to cry, but finally sat down and picked up the pencil. "Ohhhh.I knew that I shouldn't have ignored Miss H! Now we'll never get in!" she moaned in her mind. "Well.I guess trying won't hurt though."
Chrono walked over and studied the rest of the group intently. "You!" he said pointing to Centari, "Who are you?"
Crystal sighed lightly and replied, "My name's Crystal"
Chrono gave an odd stare and replied, "Crystal.ehh? Huh.come with me." Chrono led Crystal to another desk that popped out of the ground. It was identical to the one that Sailor Moon was working in and already had the piece of paper on it. "You.will do English."
Crystal's eyes widened, "What?!" she grumbled something but sat down and started to work on the paper.
Chrono returned back to the group once more and studied again. He chose someone else and sat him or her down at a desk too. He continued this until Mercury, Tuxedo Kamen, Zerto, and Yang were all that remained from the original group. Chrono studied the group intently like before and said in a slight devilish tone, "You 4.since being the only ones left.will pass a test by beating the elements." A ring appeared around the heroes and a light appeared onto each element after their name was called.
"Guys," Zerto gulped hard, "We are in a bit of trouble here considering these are THE elements!!"
Mercury gave Zerto a look dodging a swinging tentacle coming from Milon the Earth elemental. "Who are the 4 elementals?" Mercury questioned Zerto.
Zerto dodged another shot from Rubicant the fire elemental and replied taking a few shots, "From Final Fantasy 2.and TRUST ME! These bastards are harder than hell to beat!"
"Ahhhhh!!" Mercury screamed dodging a shot coming from Vargas the wind elemental, "Well then! How about we take care of these guys!?"
"I agree!" Zerto concluded, "You with me Yang?"
Yang nodded and replied, "Let's kick some elemental ass!" Yang unsheathed the sword by his side and smiled devilishly. "Shining Fire Strike!" he yelled setting the sword ablaze.
"Zerto Plasma Pulsator!" Zerto cried out blasting a shot from his X- Buster.
Yang rushed at the Kazzaro the water elemental and just as the he displaced it into the foul demon's belly, the shot from Zerto combined with the power of Yang's sword. It infused the sword with a super-charged energy allowing Yang to finish with a thrust through Kazzaro's watery wall and bursting the heart of the elemental. Kazzaro roared and exploded into the dust through, which he was created. Tux and Mercury decided to let loose themselves and chose Rubicant as the one who would suffer the same fate.
Dodging the blasts from the other 3 elementals Tux took his cane and charged toward the fire elemental. "Shine Aqua Illusion!" Mercury yelled sending the shot out at Tux's outstretched cane. The cane stored the energy and released upon impact with the foul demon's fiery, and foul heart. Rubicant blared out in pain and settled back into the earth from which he was created.
"Two down." Yang and Zerto said in confidence.
".And two to go!" Tux and Mercury finished in confidence also.
The other two elementals decided to step up the pace and fired bigger, stronger, and more wide-dispersing shots. "Watch it you guys! They mean business now!" Yang yelled almost getting lambasternated by a shot.
"Crap! What the hell you think I'm doing?" Zerto said in a little joking tone.
"Zerto! Watch out!" Mercury screamed as a shot connected with Zerto's body.
"Mercury!" Tux yelled as a shot struck her in the back.
Yang ran over to the two weakened comrades and mumbled some fancy stuff. A beam encased the two downed people and gave them some energy back. "Feel any better?"
"Yeah.thanks," Zerto replied in a weakened voice.
"I say we take care of these two.you with me Zerto?" Mercury said in a leadership tone.
Zerto smiled and reached his feet, "Yeah.let's do it!"
"Shabon Spray!!" A barrage of bubbles were released and fogged up the arena around the elementals.
"Zerto Plasma Pulsator!" Zerto yelled firing a shot from his X-Buster.
"Shining Fire Strike!" Yang yelled releasing a shot from his blazing sword.
The blasts made their way to Vargas who screamed and returned to the dust of nothingness. "One left." Tuxedo Kamen finished, "and he's mine!" Tux threw a rose at Milon and watched as he flicked it away in a single gesture.
"You've killed the other elementals.but if you kill me you will die with me!" Milon raised his hands to the sky and came down to the ground with a crushing blow. The ground beneath the foursome began to crumble and shake with frailty and after a few seconds ridges began to buckle in front of them.
"Hang on everyone!" Tux tried to comfort but knew that it would change nothing.
Zerto knew that he had one chance to stop this madness before the floor would collapse altogether and the four of them would be dead. "One.chance!" he thought taking aim at Milon through the raising pieces of ground. "Shit!" he thought, "I can't get a good shot at him through all this buckling!"
Suddenly a voice seemed to give him the strength, "Zerto.you can do it! Trust your instincts and you can do it!"
Zerto closed his eyes and concentrated. He acted without thought and yelled "Zerto.Plasma.PULSATOR!!!" The blast released and moved over the ground barely missing with all of the up-thrusts. The shot landed in the demonic heart of Milon and he roared as he disappeared into nothingness. The grounds stopped shaking and they became one again as a mist filled the arena.
"Well done.you have passed the entrance exam. Creatures stronger than these await you inside these gates, but with teamwork and the power of friendship and trust they are no more difficult than everyday things of life," Chrono commented appearing and the mist falling revealing the groups position back in front of the gates. Chrono waved his and hand and the papers that had been worked on by the others suddenly appeared in his hand. "Times up ladies!" he said in a short of arrogant tone.
The others who had been doing the paperwork got up and stretched around. "Damn desk was to small!" Crystal moaned.
Chrono was busy correcting papers, and then he finalized them with one more thorough check. He began to hum a little tune as he checked them once more over. "And another mark here and another mark here," he said in a singsong voice just barely audible. He looked over at Makoto first and smiled with a hint of evil in his eye almost, "Hmmm.80.you pass Makoto." He continued looking at Crystal next. Again the almost evil look in him shown and he said, "82.good job Crystal."
Crystal sighed and replied, "Thanks.I've always hated to do English.most boring subject in the whole world."
Chrono paid no attention to the reply and continued looking at Chibi- Moon. A frown appeared and Chibi-Moon looked bummed. Chrono muttered something under his breath and said, "Chibi-Moon.100.unbelievable.*laughs a little* this is a bogus example to the saying 'like mother like daughter'.but now.let's continue. Chrono continued to finish the rest of the girls in this fashion before he got to the final and worst paper.Sailor Moon's. Chrono sighed and shook his head wishing that it didn't have to come down to this, but he knew his own rules and that he couldn't break them.not even for himself if need be. "And Sailor Moon." he sighed.
"Well?" Sailor Moon questioned becoming impatient.
"And Sailor Moon."
"We all know what she got so why try and stall with silence?" a voice called from the darkness before the gates.
A figure blurred itself in and everyone was surprised to see Jedite hovering in his usual general's uniform directly in front of the gates between Chrono and the pillars of energy. "Jedite! How did you get in here?" Zerto asked stunned.
"Come now dear Zerto.you should have figured that out if I just appeared in here without warning! I used teleportation! How else?" Jedite taunted almost laughing. "Now then," he finished, "if you'll excuse me I have to get the rest of Aaron's energy wherever in his thick skull it may be!" Jedite powered up his body and released a burst of energy that blew the gates right off the powerful gold hinges.
Chrono eye's widened and he withdrew his mighty, rainbow blade from its rainbow colored sheath. "NO ONE! Enters unless I say!" Chrono yelled displaying great movement with his blade.
Jedite sighed and nodded, "That's to bad.cause I just got a permit!"
Chrono leapt toward the lingering Jedite and executed a devastating move. "Take THIS you bastard!"
Jedite laughed and moved within a blink of an eye countering at the right moment to send Chrono back to his little position some yards away and hitting the ground hard. He used his bounce momentum to regain his footing and held a defensive position waiting for Jedite to make his next move against him. "Now.I'm heading in to look.come and stop me if you dare gate- keeper, but I doubt you'll do much to stop me!" Jedite laughed and entered the flowing mist that surrounded the entrance, and disappearing a few seconds later. Chrono became a stone figure looking on stunned at what had just happened. He had been beaten for the first time and knew that there was only one consequence to failure.
"Damn!" he continued crouching to one knee and ducking his head, "I've failed! I am no longer fit to be the guardian of Aaron's mind."
Zerto walked over and knelt next to him in a catcher's position, "Being defeated isn't considered failure! If you let it eat you up instead of trying to change it.THEN you've failed."
Chrono raised his head and looked behind his shoulder to the gates of gold broken down. He looked at the group surrounding him like locusts and stood up. "You're right.but I'm not powerful enough to stop him. However.I could let you enter.if we made a deal. You defeat this Jedite as you refer to him, and I'll let you enter."
Zerto nodded in agreement and shook Chrono's hand as a closure of the deal. "Deal."
Chrono nodded and told them of something that was greatly important. "Go ahead then and protect Aaron's core. His healing is still far from over and he may not even be healing as we speak! He's used countless energy reserves to keep you all here and I hope that it won't be in vain. Remember though, the dangers of the mind are more powerful then all the weapons in the universe!"
Zerto nodded and led the team of ten into the broken gates. Tuxedo Kamen turned around and replied, "Thank you Chrono, and I promise you that the Sailor Senshi will succeed." Tux turned back to the gates and entered the mist. Then.all was quiet and still.

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"Zerto Plasma Pulsator!" Zerto yelled releasing the charged energy.
"NOOOO!" the robot yelled exploding into mist.
"What are these things?" Mars asked.
"They're robots from a video game," Yang said thrusting his sword into another robot.
A door appeared and everyone went through it. Suddenly bosses from another game started attacking. "How about we get some cover!" Mercury said, "Shabon, Spray!" Bubbles emanated and clouded the robot's site as they fired random shot's forgetting about each other and hitting each other sometimes. The Scouts decided that it was time to finish this game right away and blasted each one soundly using teamwork.
"Man.how many of those things are there?" Jupiter questioned.
"A WHOLE lot!" Yang replied
"Man."
Yang nodded and motioned for them it was time to continue. The group walked through another door and ended up in a dark area. "So now that we're through with those game things, what game or puzzle or thing is next?" Mercury asked. Suddenly eyes began to appear and rain black clouds.
"OK! That does it! This kid is beyond psycho!" Sailor Chibi-Moon said.
"Wait!" Mercury though for a moment and hummed a melody to herself. "Dreamy black clouds."
Zerto cut her off and continued, "Wash away my tears."
The two looked at each other and finished, "In here you'll find the gate to my fears!"
"That's it! Mercury implied excited.
"What are you two talking about?" Tuxedo Kamen questioned.
"It seems that Shane is hiding inside his fears. Ironic that one would hide in the place they are afraid of.but somewhere around here a gate should be here leading to him and his fears.whatever they are.
The room suddenly changed from a cold, musty darkness to a small Western style town. The town was deserted and run down. In front of them lay a gate no farther than 100 yards away. "Let's go through it!" Sailor Moon took command, "it may lead us to Shane!" Everyone agreed and went through following Sailor Moon. After entering the gate they found themselves in a cave like dwelling. A boy of no more than 9 was looking about it making weird faces or yips of excitement.
"Who is that?" Mars questioned everyone.
The boy cried out in an almost girlish voice, "Wow! This is incredible! I've never seen anything like it, but what the hell is it?" The boy's hair was a light blond and had slight curls remaining. His clothes unmatched and torn a little around the knees and he had a deep blue-eyed look about him.
Zerto looked a little harder and squinted hi eyes. "Heh.I know.heh.heh," Zerto said in his little teasing tone.
Everyone looked at Zerto as they waited for him to tell. "Well?" Sailor Moon said impatiently.
"Well what?"
"Tell us you doof!"
Zerto laughed at this and replied, "Come on Sailor Moon! Even YOU should be able to figure this out!"
"I'm sorry Zerto," Mercury interjected, "but not even I can figure this one out."

Zerto smacked himself in the head and shook his head, "LOOK! Whose mind is this?"
Venus replied with a raised eyebrow in oddity, "Shane's."
"Y-y-y-e-e-e-s-s-s.now.who would you THINK we'ld be seeing here?"
The group still lay silent and shrugged. "Still don't know," Sailor Chibi-Moon shook her head.
Zerto was plainly angry, and with this he said in a resistance tone, "THAT.IS.SHANE!!!!!!!!"
Everyone acted surprised at the outburst to explain, but understood after what Zerto had said. "Hey!" Jupiter interrupted, "Let's find out what's going on and why this memory is playing!"
Everyone agreed and listened intently as the little human rummaged around the area more. "Cool.Although I have the weirdest feeling that I know this stuff.from somewhere.huh."
"I remember you.from your past life," a voice called from somewhere in the darkness.
"Wha?"
A figure appeared from the silence surrounding and came into partial view. "Although you look a lot like the Moon Prince.hmm."
"Uh.I don't know what your talking about.but.I'm gonna head out now K?"
"Wait!" Shane stopped and turned around, "because you have found this place I see that you have finally found your destiny. You see.you're the lost prince from so long ago, and we will be in desperate need of a savior."
"*looks at her weird* I don't know what you're talking about.but.since this sounds interesting.I'll stay. Long as you give me an idea why I'm a Prince.cause I'm clueless."
The lady nodded and turned toward the back of the cave. "You may not remember.but you we're once part of a great kingdom. You lived in harmony with everyone in the universe.but you had affection for time and space. You saw me much testing things and going into this time and that worming about."
"And.uh.just WHERE was this kingdom?"
"You lived on the moon.with the family of Queen Serenity."
"WHAT?!" Sailor Moon gasped. "I never knew I had a brother! I remember my whole past.but I NEVER remembered HIM!"
"I agree." Tuxedo Kamen nodded, "but.now that I think about it.I heard rumors of a warrior.no older then 13 who came out when everyone was asleep and went from rooftop to rooftop. I met up with him once but I never saw his face and all he said was that one-day the kingdom would fall, and he would be the cause. Then before I could ask him anything else he was gone."
The others continued to watch the memory unfold as the lady moved a little bit back into the light. "So.you're saying that I lived.on the moon.and was a prince? Nah.couldn't be.besides.don't you think I'ld remember?" Shane looked about and searched for an answer and also input, "AND.if I did live on the moon.how did I breath? There is no atmosphere on the moon!"
The cloaked lady hummed yes, "You lived on the moon in another realm, but when an evil came the Queen.your REAL mother.sent Serenity along with all the other members of her court and to the Future. However.you were the only one to not be put into the suspension. So.you came to me and asked to be placed in another era. So I sent you to live in the future with your sister.who was to be your guardian." Shane shook his head, "This Serenity you speak of.who is she?"
The lady retreated slowly to the comfort of the darkness and replied, "Serenity is your sister but she was reborn 1000 years later and was renamed Usagi by her parents. When she was 14 she found a cat, Luna, who told her she was Sailor Moon, a fighter of justice and all around keeper of the peace on Earth."
"Cool."
The lady hummed again, "But, she will not be able to defeat the evil so pure that is coming in the years ahead.not even I will know of what it is.but I know of it's presence.I feel it and fear it. That's why.Prince Aaron.I ask of your help.allow me to restore your powers.as they are the only thing that may save the universe!"
Shane gave her a funny look and hummed to himself. "Well.If I we're to have powers.how would I use them?"
"The powers of the moon are already in you.but.you also have a medallion that can grant great power to you when you use it. It allows you to turn into MetaSigma. I can only pray you remember how to use it."
Shane did his little pondering thing and decided, "Hmmm.what the heck.I'm not going anywhere.besides.it might be cool."
The being nodded, "I present to you.your communicator.your medallion, and your Time/Space Portal watch. All were entrusted to me when you gave up being the Moon Prince years ago."
Shane nodded and replied, "Cool!"
The lady raised a staff.one end was normal.but the other looked like it had a key to something on it. A bright hazel and navy light engulfed the room, "Uncle of Chibi-Usa, and Prince of the Moon family! I bestowed upon you your items.may you learn how to use them and protect what you hold dear!
A pilot of light glowed over Shane and dropped in front of him his 3 items. He picked them up slowly and then.slowly.his vision went blurry. A portal opened and out came someone who looked somewhat familiar to Chibi- Usa and the rest of the Scouts. The lady spoke to the other in an inaudible tone. "What are they saying?" Zerto asked.
"I can't tell," Ami replied, "but the reason we can't is probably because he can't hear what they are saying.but wasn't fully out when she appeared and saw only the blurry vision.it looks like.I can't quiet tell." Before Mercury had the chance to use her VR Visor the memory was gone and the silence and darkness reigned again.
A light appeared from somewhere and shone on a teen.somewhat near the age of 17.maybe that. His face covered in darkness and a look of anger spread like a wildfire from ear to ear. "You saw what happened. I never wanted to be nothing but a day-dreamer.but my life.ruined in the blink of an instant. I could've said no.and the world wouldn't end.life would go on.but.deep in my heart.I burned for the day I would remember my power. So.I longed for it.despite not knowing it was inside me. I was the one created so many years ago by my mother.Queen Serenity.I never did die after Beryl attacked. I knew it was going to happen. So I knew exactly what to do to avoid it. After Serenity took her life and Queen Serenity trapped Beryl in the crystal.my fate was sealed. I was given a chance to become a normal boy.in a realm far from here.yet at the same time sitting on top of me from all sides. I was reborn in the host mother Karen and was cared for many years by her. One night.I was dreaming. Or so I thought, and awoke in the cave. After the incident, I was forever changed. Something inside me told me that there was a reason for this. I shrugged it off every time the feeling came. In my life I have been belittled, beaten, trashed, and all of that has accumulated, and manifested itself into my body. "Pain.sorrow." the teen smiled evilly and raised his hands filling them with energy, "I'll kill you all with the pain that has accumulated!"
"What the.my.head." Mars moaned. "So.many memories.of.pain," Jupiter drooped to the ground.or what ever they were standing on.
"Torture.rage.hatred.all.so.STRONG!" Sailor Moon screamed as they practically hit her with bolts of lightning.
"No! NO! NO!!! Stop!" Chibi-Moon screamed as the lighted flooded her head.
A voice spoke to her in a soothing tone despite the pain from the light. It called, "You want to know as much about me as possible. Well.now here's your chance! You've met the hatred and anger. I am the bliss and calm. We are reemerging to become him once more. So stand up and be strong!"
Chibi-Moon looked at the teen and groaned as the pain still ripped at her. She looked at the hatred that swelled her mind and fought the tears of Shane being pushed and bullied around. She jumped suddenly and planted a swift and decisive kick to the teen making him fall over and releasing his grip on the others. Another being that looked like the teen entered from somewhere and lay on him absorbing himself into the other teen. Then.another.and another.till 7 figures had lain down. The teen rose once more and moaned. Looking around he saw the blurred figures sitting around him in a circle. "What the.huh?" he stuttered as his vision started to clear. "You!" he cringed as he tried to stand on wobbly legs.
"Who?" Chibi-Moon questioned.
The teen tried to run and stuttered away as fast as he could. He only went as far as his unsteady legs could take him. Chibi-Moon walked over to him and he clawed his way away from her. She eventually after a few steps got in front of him and looked down on him. "Stay the hell away!"
"Shane.don't you remember who I am?"
A look of terror still filled his eyes, "Hell no! If I did, don't you think that I would have already said so?!"
Chibi-Moon's crescent moon appeared on her forehead and she knelt down to Shane's level connecting the crescent moon on her forehead to his. A faint yellow crescent moon appeared on Shane's forehead and he started to speak as if it were from a book. "I remember.I was from the original Moon Kingdom and brother of Serenity. After Beryl destroyed our home I felt like I had to protect my sister. So I went to the future and saw my sister again.who was now my guardian. After war broke out again, and I had decided that I was to live with another host mother. I allowed Pluto to block out certain parts of my memory.but.as in the case of my sister.Serenity.if ever an evil was to appear where she and her friends could not handle in the near future. I allowed Pluto find me and tell me who I really was. I'm still not strong enough to help let alone fight. I need time to recover my powers, and then.I shall kill the.unnnhhh.oh.my.I.I need to get some rest. I'm weaker.oh." The moon disappeared and he fell into Chibi-Moon. He tried to raise his head and whispered, "That means I'm your uncle. It's good to see you again.Chibi-Usa."
Chibi-Moon's eyes filled with tears and she hugged him, "It's good to see you too.uncle."
Sailor Moon came over and also had the verge of tears in her eyes. She hugged her brother and added, "It's good to see you as well."
Shane nudged his head up and down on Chibi-Moon's shoulder. "You.too.and call me Aaron everyone."
All the others came over to see this splendid event unfold, but before they could make their way to it, a blast of energy knocked them away. ".The Fuck!" Zerto yelled spinning in the direction of where the blast came from.
"Hahahaha! I see you have done half of the work for me, and I'll return the favor by finishing it!" the figure appeared out of the darkness.
"Jedite! You dirty bastard!" Yang charged his sword blazing to the coolness of a red color.
Jedite's look of happiness turned to a look of anger once more. "Give me that boy.or I'll destroy you all."
"How's that Jedite?" Sailor Moon quipped with a smile, "you have no chance against the 10 of us!"
"I anticipated that thought," he smiled again and snapped his fingers. Behind him, a whole shit load of monsters appeared!
".The hell!" Zerto looked confused and shocked, "Where did they come from?!"
"That's another thing about being inside someone's mind.the ability to use memories against the host! ATTACK!!!"
"Guys.it's up to us to make sure that they don't get to Shane.or we'll lose him.forever," Sailor Moon said in protection. Everyone nodded took fighting stances beside Sailor Moon. "Everyone ready?" She asked twirling her Moon tier and aiming it at the advancing legions of darkness.
"Hai!" They screamed and attacked in unison. Barrages of fire flew as the battle raved on. After a while it seemed that Jedite was history. His armies were falling apart. That's when he played the trump card.
"It's over fools!" Jedite yelled at the group of warriors who were still fighting.
"Your crazy!" Sailor Moon retorted, "your armies are almost gone, and you don't have a chance with against all 10 of us!"
Jedite smiled, "That's just what I want you to think!" he let out a cry and fired a blast that sent the whole group flying.
"AHHHHHHH!" Mars screamed hitting something.
Jedite hovered over Shane and chuckled evilly, "Now.I'll take what you didn't give me.and kill you!"
Shane cringed in terror. "Dear God help me!" he thought as Jedite reached out with his hand to make a link.
*Slash!* A swipe of a sword went deep into the flesh of Jedite from a brightly colored sword. "Ahhhh!!!! The hell.!"
Shane looked over and saw Chrono standing there waiting with sword in hand. "Chrono!"
Chrono smiled and said in a courageous tone, "It's time for a rematch Jedite."
Jedite cringed, but grinned, "Alright.and this time.I won't let you live!"
Chrono laughed and yelled, "Luminare!" A light of pure electricity shone throughout the darkness and flew into Jedite. He didn't even flinch and only laughed.
"Is that the best you've got? HA! I know monkeys that do better then that!"
Chrono's eyes grew shady looking, but he kept his cool. "You think you can do better?"
Jedite stuck out his hand and let loose a beam of focused red energy. It shot through Chrono like a dart through paper. "Chrono!" Shane ran over to him, "Chrono! Speak to me damnit!"
Chrono lay silent as the blood escaped from his wound. "Now," Jedite hovered again, "Let's finish that link." He reached out again, but instead was flustered when he couldn't get a grip. "What the?!"
"Jedite.I.will KILL YOU!" Shane's body started to emanate a bright navy color and the area around his started to warp from the absorption rate. "Shine!" He yelled firing the shot around the whole room. The navy light grew into a spherical shape and encased the downed comrades.
"What is this power?! I.I can't overpower it! NOOO!!!" Jedite yelled high-tailing it out of there. "I'll be back! You can bet on it!" Shane collapsed on the ground as Sailor Moon started to regain sight.
"Shane!" she yelled running back over to him. "Shane! Shane!! Speak to me!"
"Uhhh.I'm.your.all.unnnn.Ok.uhhh"
"He'll be fine.but he needs some serious rejuvenation. That blast took it out of him completely. I don't know how he even managed to use a blast that powerful in his condition," Chrono got up and moved over to Sailor Moon.
The rest of the group moaned and started to rise again. "Usagi.uhhh.ohhh." Shane lay still but breathing.
"Sailor Moon," Chrono extended his hand, "Thanks."

Getting back up, she took Chrono's hand and shook it, "No problem.but what about Shane?"
"He's going to need to rest.his body can barely function.so there's not a chance in hell that he'll be able to defend himself in case that punk Jedite attacks again."
Zerto stepped forward and asked Chrono, "Can I take him back home.I mean.to where we belong?"
Chrono nodded, "Yes, it is possible, but.you will need to have someone open a portal to your world."
"DAMN!" Zerto swore, "Shane didn't have his watch on.and I left mine at home! That means I can't get us home!"
Chrono almost laughed, "Well then, I guess your gonna be stuck here for a while."
"The.Kingdom.Moon.Bloodline..Portal."
"Huh?" Chibi-Moon walked over to Shane, "what are you saying?"
Shane's face was bleak and pale, but it moved its lips, "The.bloodline.Moon.usage.portals."
"I don't know what you mean.can you tell me anything more?"
Chrono ended the talking abruptly, "I think that we should wait till he can tell you.let him regain his strength.he hasn't the energy to even breath, yet he can." Chrono looked over to the blackness and the gates of Shane's mind opened. "You can transport out of here once you leave the gates."
Chrono picked up his master's body and disappeared. Sailor Moon and the rest of the group headed for the gates and exited. When they woke up they from whenever they had been asleep, they noticed they were in the same room in Ami's apartment that they had been in before this warped mind thing began. "Guys? Hey.is everyone all right?"
"Yeah," Mamoru said now back in his original form of a teenager.
"Diddo," Sabin said.
"So.now what?" Ami asked?
"What else.protect Shane," Minako said.
Everyone nodded and left the room, except for Chibi-Usa. She looked concerned and set her head on Shane's body. "Oh Shane. I missed you so much."

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