Chapter 9: Confrontation
They ran after Sailor Mercury following her numbly, not even sure what they were getting themselves into but not caring. Sailor Mercury stopped in front of an old abandoned building with the windows shattered and the door falling off the hinges. Slowly they walked inside and found a door leading down to a basement. She picked up a great negative force surrounding the door and turned her visor off as she pointed to the door.
"Down there," she whispered, and they nodded as Sailor Moon trembled a bit. She was determined to get her friends back though.
Sailor Venus was the first to go through the door. When she walked through she found there were no steps just empty space and screamed as she fell. Mercury close behind her fell as well.
Sailor Moon heard her friends scream and looked down to find the entrance gone. She stepped where they had and it was solid ground, a closet, "No!" she screamed beating her fists on the door, "Let me in!"
She heard someone laughing behind her and spun.
"Sailor Moon how misinformed you are, your friends have gone to where the other two have gone," a man cloaked in a blood red cloak appeared in front of her. He snapped his finger and there were four girls in front of him. They were all encased in ice, their figures still showing determination and fear.
"Minna!" Sailor Moon screamed turning back to glare at the man, "Give them back!"
"Not until you hand over the Moon Princess," he lashed back.
"What?" Sailor Moon whispered her eyes widening.
"What's more important to you Sailor Moon? Your Princess or your friends?" he questioned, and she was scared. He didn't know? He knew everything else about her, but this he didn't know?
"Master," then there was a woman in front of him bowing. The same woman that had tried to capture her that first day. She smiled at Sailor Moon, but the smile was only of malice and vengeance.
"What?" he snapped never taking his eyes off the sailor senshi. She had the most beautiful blue eyes, like his Princess, he smiled to himself.
"This is what I've been trying to tell you," she began, "Sailor Moon is the Moon Princess."
"What?!" he growled, and both Sailor Moon and Nightsky shuddered.
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The Lights looked for the senshi at their concert but couldn't find them. They had thought for sure they would be there. Seiya had made it a point to give Usagi tickets that day. Why weren't they there? Did they despise them that much? But what if something was wrong? He had a sickening feeling telling him that there was. Suddenly there was a wrenching pain in his stomach, and he fell to his knees in the middle of a song.
He heard thousands of people fall silent as Taiki and Yaten lifted him up and took him off stage, but that was all he remembered before he blacked out.
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"Something is wrong with the inner senshi," Michiru looked up from her mirror, "The enemy has them."
"What?" Haruka demanded standing up.
"I'm not sure how but the enemy got them, right here," she pointed to an old abandoned building showing on her mirror.
"We have to go after them," Haruka clenched her fists.
"But what about Hotaru-chan? We can't leave her alone," Michiru looked toward the room, and Setsuna nodded.
"I will look after Hotaru-chan; you go look after the Princess," she instructed, and they nodded.
"Uranus Crystal Power Make-up!"
"Neptune Crystal Power Make-up!"
"We'll be seeing you soon," Neptune told Setsuna as they ran out of the room on their way to find their Princess.
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"Where am I?" Seiya looked around and all he saw was darkness, and a dark purple fog, "What's going on?"
"You're in my dream," a little girl with short black hair appeared out of the fog and he coughed.
"What? You're dream? Where's Odango? Is she okay?" he questioned clenching his fists. She could be dying, and he was dreaming.
"You know me as Sailor Saturn I believe," she waved a hand and her glaive appeared in her hand as her outfit changed to that of Sailor Saturn's, "And the Princess is not okay nor are the other senshi. They are all in grave danger, and you must rescue them. Not without this piece of information though, the future will change, but that is not your choice. Go with your heart and help our Princess where we failed," she instructed, and the fog surrounded her as she began to vanish Sieya shouting questions after her. When he looked around Taiki and Yaten were pacing around him.
"You're okay," Yaten sighed as he sat up.
"Yes but the senshi are not, we have to help them," he stood but shook a bit.
"You're not going to risk your life for them!" Yaten shouted and sat him back down.
"They've risked their lives for us!" Seiya shouted back, "And they would again if they had the chance. We have to return the favor!"
"We have again and again, if returning the favor means offering your life I don't believe they've done that much for us," Yaten scowled.
"Have a heart Yaten, for once please," Seiya begged, and Yaten glared and looked away.
"Fine I'll go but only to see that you're okay," he agreed, and the other two let out a sigh.
"Fighter Star Power Make-up!"
"Maker Star Power Make-up!"
"Healer Star Power Make-up!"
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"Let them go right now!" Sailor Moon screamed tears in her eyes.
"So you're the Moon Princess?" he asked ignoring her requests. He thought it over for a minute, "What should I do?" he whispered. His two major goals completely collided.
"Master she's not good enough for you even if she is the Moon Princess," Nightsky was scared that he would lash out at her words, but she couldn't keep it in any longer, "She's a crybaby."
"Is that so Nightsky?" he looked amused.
"Yes, I would not bring it up if it did not seem so," she stayed low to the ground on one knee afraid of what he would do to her.
"Let's just put that theory to a test shall we?" he lashed out at Sailor Moon as his dark magic flew through his fingers and spouted at her throwing her against the already crumbling wall. It fell through and onto her bruised and bloodied body as she struggled to stand. She tried to rip the rubble off of her legs, but it wouldn't move. She screamed as he approached her and touched her face gently. She couldn't move, couldn't breathe.
"Seiya!" she screamed the only word that could escape her lips and was terrified that that was what it was.
"Aw but your boyfriend can't save you now Princess," he whispered and reached in to kiss her.
"Deep Submerge!" a wave wrapped around him and threw him next to Sailor Moon as Uranus rushed to pull off the stones.
"Neptune some help!" she called, and Neptune ran over, and they tried to rip the stones off but it was no use.
"Please help," Sailor Moon was crying.
"Someone ask for help?" three dark figures appeared in the door.
"Penetrating the darkness at night…"
"The air of freedom breaks through…"
"We are the three sacred shooting stars…"
"Sailor Star Fighter!"
"Sailor Star Maker!"
"Sailor Star Healer!"
"Stage on!"
"It's about time," Uranus muttered, and the three ran over to Sailor Moon and began to pull the rocks off of her.
"No!" Nightsky screamed and ripped through them with her magic throwing Healer against the wall and opening a gash in his head.
"Healer!" they all screamed and Maker stood and glared facing the girl as Neptune went to his side and the other two finished freeing the trapped senshi.
"Star Gentle Uterus!"
"Deep Submerge!"
The two water attacks flew at her full force, but her anger pushed them away and back onto them.
All Uranus saw was the flash of her beautiful aqua hair and the blood that stained it.
"Neptune!" she screamed ripping the last stone off of Sailor Moon and running to her side, "Neptune," she whispered finding her breathing heavy and her voice choked as she lifted her hand gently.
"I'll wait for you Uranus," she whispered.
"No, Neptune," she begged in tears, "Please stay here, stay with me."
Usagi turned from the painful scene, "You have a heart," she said firmly refusing to believe that anyone was truly that cruel.
"No she doesn't, nor do I," that man stood up again, but now the robe was away from his face and they saw good features. Dark hair and secretive eyes, but he looked young. He looked almost like…
"Mamo chan?" Usagi whispered meekly.
