Chapter 14 - The Dark Moon
"Neo King Quatre?" Duo asked, astonished, his mouth hanging open. Everyone looked over at Usagi and saw that she was blushing. A little pink head poked out from behind Sailor Pluto's legs and looked at the people that were standing in front of her.
"Usagi-chan!!" The girl shouted, attaching herself to Sailor Moon's leg. She looked just like ChibiUsa except she had the same blue eyes as her mother.
"ChibiUsa?" Sailor Moon asked looking down at the child.
"Hai mommy, but daddy calls me Sakura most of the time. He says I look like a cherry blossom with my pink hair," She said, smiling brightly. She was dressed in a pink and white fuku and looked like a Sailor Senshi. "I am Sailor ChibiMoon! In the name of the future moon, I'll protect you!" She said, striking Sailor Moon's normal pose.
"Umm… I really hate to break up this reunion…" Quatre started, hearing voices. "But we need to get out of here if we're going to live through this."
"Come on." Heero said in a monotone voice as he pushed open at ventilation duct. He helped ChibiMoon, Sailor Moon, and Sailor Pluto up then jumped up himself, followed by the rest of the Gundam pilots. Wufei, the last into the duct, put the grate back on, being absolutely silent as he saw the figures of the soldiers below in the corridor.
The groups of people slowly made their way through the duct, being absolutely silent. They came to an empty hangar and dropped down to the floor below. Sailor Moon still held the treasures as she landed on her feet. ChibiMoon jumped down and Sailor Moon caught her, placing her on the ground next to her.
"Sailor Moon…" Sailor Pluto started, taking a step toward Usagi. "We have to use the treasures to get the Holy Grail, it's the only way."
"Pluto, if he's after the Holy Grail, we can't use it. If we have it, there's a chance that he could get it and use it against us." Sailor Moon said.
"If we don't do it now, Sailor Uranus and Neptune will die without their pure hearts." Pluto said pain in her eyes. Sailor Moon thought about it for a second then nodded her consent. Sailor Pluto again, took the top of her staff, holding it in front of her. Sailor Moon let go of the two treasures as the started to float. They formed a triangle, Pluto at one corner and the two treasures at the other corner.
"What's happening?" Quatre asked, slipping his arm around Sailor Moon's waist as he saw a bright light being emitted from the treasures. Two figures began to fade from nothing into the form of two women, both dressed similar to Sailor Pluto.
"Who are they?" Duo asked, seeing the crystals that came out of the treasures. They looking like a star only with more points. They floated to the women's chests and disappeared as it touched them, leaving sparkles that soon faded as well. Sailor Moon watched as their eyes opened and they reached forward, grabbing the treasures. A beam shot from each treasure and a cup with wings appeared high above in the center of the triangle where the beams had met.
"Is that the Holy Grail?" Sailor Moon asked as it slowly started to drop down toward the floor.
"It is, Sailor Moon," Pluto said, smiling warmly. "In the hands of the right person, it can be used to completely heal the universe, in the hands of the wrong person, it can completely destroy everything."
"Sailor Moon, thank you." Sailor Uranus said, stepping up behind the blond Senshi.
"I didn't do anything, Sailor Pluto is the one that brought you here." Sailor Moon said.
"The Holy Grail should be in the hands of someone with a pure heart," Uranus continued. "I think you are the right person to protect the Holy Grail." Uranus said. Sailor Moon slowly walked toward the glowing cup, taking it in her hands.
"Moon Crisis Make-UP!" Sailor Moon cried, a strange new power beginning to flow into her body. The top of the Holy Grail opened and she felt the familiar pink ribbons swirling around her. Rainbow butterflies surrounded her as she transformed, turning into Super Sailor Moon. "Come out Pharaoh 90." Super Sailor Moon said calmly. She stood in front of the Outer Senshi as well as the gundam pilots, who all had their guns drawn.
"So, Sailor Moon, you finally have the Holy Grail. I guess now I'll have to take it from you!" The voice yelled as the figure of Yoshimi/Pharaoh 90 appeared from thin air. "Miyana, come and take the Holy Grail from your sister!" He ordered. A girl stepped out of a portal, her long black hair done up into two odangos that curved upward into horns.
"You're not my sister," Sailor Moon said calmly. "I have no sister."
"How could you say that Serenity? You're the reason I was exiled from our home on the Moon. You were always more beautiful than me, you were always perfect. They thought my powers were evil so they sent me away, but you… you got to stay on your precious moon and you weren't even grateful for that! You wanted to go to the Moon to be with that Prince Endymion. Can't you ever be grateful?!? You were given everything on a silver platter and I was sent away to a dark moon that was full of dark and evil powers! Do you think I really had a good childhood?!? Do you think I've had a happy life, being taken away from my heritage and being dumped on some dark moon millions of light years from my home?!?" She said her voice filled with bitterness. "I'll never forgive you for what you took from me."
"I didn't ask for this!! I didn't ask for any of it!! All I've EVER wanted was a normal life, even in the Moon Kingdom! I wanted to go to Earth so I could be a normal girl and not 'Princess Serenity' future Queen of the Moon and Universe!" Sailor Moon cried, feeling the tears prick the corners of her eyes. "If you want the Moon Kingdom so badly, the Moon is out here in space! Go colonize it if you like, I don't want it, I want to be normal!!" She said, feeling the tears spill over.
"You ungrateful brat. You always were, though." Miyana said, a purple crystal appearing in her hands.
"What's that?" Sailor Moon asked, feeling a strange power coming from the crystal. It was borderline on being an evil power, but Usagi sensed something very strange about it.
"It's just like your Silver Crystal, Serenity. Only much more powerful." She said, an evil smirk on her lips.
"Get rid of the Senshi first and brainwash the gundam pilots." Pharaoh 90 commanded, disappearing.
"All right, I better get started," Miyana said, her smirk growing. "Who wants to go first."
"Leave them out of this!" Sailor Moon ordered, dropping into a fighting stance. "They have nothing to do with any of this!"
"I can't disobey a direct order, I hope you understand, sister." She said coldly, her evil smirk still on her lips.
"Hey Usagi!" Duo called getting Sailor Moon's attention.
"Yeah?" She asked, not taking her eyes off of Miyana.
"If she's your sister, does that mean she's Heero's sister too?" He asked, confused by the whole thing. Moon Kingdom?
"Huh?" Sailor Moon asked, wondering why Duo would be asking her that at a time like this. "No, she's my sister from the Moon Kingdom a thousand years ago," She explained. "Why don't I have any memories of a sister?" Usagi asked herself, feeling a touch of guilt tug at her heart.
"Enough of this nonsense!" Miyana barked. The crescent moon birthmark of the white moon family appeared on Miyana's forehead only it was black instead of gold. The purple crystal floated out of her hands, gathering more negative energy as it floated higher into the air. "Cosmic Dark Moon KISS!!" She shouted, watching as the dark energy began to flow from the crystal. "Take those boys prisoner!" She commanded the dark energy.
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Sorry it took me so long to get this chapter out, been VERY busy with everything. Anyway, review^_^