Disclaimer: Sailor Moon never has, and never will be mine.

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Love Will Never Part
Chapter 5
Butterfly


(A distant galaxy, filled with gruesome creatures)

The figure entered the dark room. It knelt low to the ground, facing the back of a chair. "My master, I have returned with the second innocence's energy." The chair slowly turned to reveal, not a youma. But a human like creature. His laughter echoed throughout the entire castle.

"Hahahahahahhaha! Good work Sirius. Give me the energy, and go forth. Search out the next
victim. I want that energy. All of it must be restored to the golden crystals and the Gypsum must be restored and placed in the Crystallization room before Midnight in three days. You have till then to retrieve the next two crystals. Oh, and Sirius?" The youma looked up from his kneeling position on the ground.

"Yes Lord Nova?"

Nova smirked, revealing his pure white fangs. "Do not fail me. There is no place for failure in this game. The punishment will be far worse than death, let me assure you." With that he was off to search for the next innocence.

Nova rose from behind the shadows, revealing himself. He was tall, and had dark green eyes. His hair was a shimmering light green. He walked slowly toward a door in the back of the room, clutching the energy closely to him. In side the room was a tall body length mirror, surrounded by a dark moat of water. The room gaze off eerie vibes. He stood in front of the
mirror with his eyes closed, concentrating. An image began to form in the mirror. As it became clearer the form of Usagi appeared. She was sleeping soundly in Mamoru's arms.

"The Queen might be gone, and the moon destroyed, but... this moonchild, this world. It will be just as good. We will have our revenge on the people of the moon. Starting with the Princess. I have gone inside her mind. Found her darkest fears. I will use this to my advantage. The silly rabbit is afraid of losing loved ones and her mind is filled with dim-witted emotions. She has hopes and dreams that could so easily be destroyed. Ha! Sleep well dear princess."

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(Raye's temple, Raye's bedroom 10:00PM)

Usagi lay, resting in Mamoru's protective grasp. She had fallen asleep while waiting for Raye to finish her fire reading. Ami had revealed that in three days, at midnight, the crystals will become one and the Gypsum will release Canopus's power. If the sailor scouts wanted to defeat the new threats of the Nega-force, than they would have to be one step ahead of Nova. But they still needed to find the next pure heart energy carrier.

As Luna, Artemis, and Mamoru talked, Usagi drifted on in her slumber... She was running down a street. Not knowing where she was heading. When she reached the end of the road she met a sight that made her quake with fear. The Senshi, her family, friends, and even Mamoru, were tied up. An unseen force was torturing each. They cried out in agony. Usagi tried to run to their aid, but as she ran the moved farther and farther away from her. She even transformed, but to no avail.

Mamoru looked down at Usagi's trembling form. Mina laid a blanket over her petite figure, but Mako noticed. Usagi wasn't shaking from being cold, tears were slowly beginning to form at the corners of her closed eyes. "She's having a nightmare." She replied. Mamoru gently began to shake her.

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The torturing was becoming worse. Little Shingo was screaming his heart out. She could see in his eyes that he was terrified. With renewed courage she ran. She told herself, 'If I believe in myself than nobody can stop me. Hold on guys, I'm coming to rescue you.' She leapt in the air. Plummeting to the ground with a thud. She had reached her mother and with ease disposed of the youma. The youma torturing the others were also fairly easy to dispose of. As she was untying her last captive friend, Minako, a dreadful snicker could be heard, seeming to come from nowhere, but also coming from everywhere at the same time.

Raising a fist to the sky she proclaimed, "I am Sailor Eternal Sailor Moon! How dare you mess with the people I love most?!! I demand that you show yourself immediately!

"As you wish, princess" The voices growled. High above them, dark mists began to come together to form a figure. (Much like they did when Small Lady transformed into Wicked Lady)

"Who are you?" The figure glided down to the ground and landed gracefully.

"I am the ruler of the stars. I am the celestial body regarded as Canopus, Sailor of the stars."

She had long flowing hair. The color was the darkest shade of violet. And her eyes were almost black. In the center of her forehead was a symbol much like Princess Serenity's only it was a star instead of a crescent moon. She wore a Sailor Soldier fuku. It was a dark black, with yellow stripes down her collar leading to the bow. In the center of the bow, was a (you guessed
it) star. She wore jet-black boots that went till her knee. (Much like Mercury's and Moon's, only the heels were taller) Her skin was a light tan, and if she wasn't as evil, and didn't wear that devilish grin, Sailor Moon could have almost sworn she was pretty.

"I have come to destroy you Sailor Moon. Or should I say, Princess Serenity. You are one of the last descendents of the Moon Kingdom, the place in which I have vowed vengeance. First I will strip you of all that you hold dear, destroy this miserable planet, and then..." She smirked, and said in an amused voice. "I will destroy you limb by limb."

She razed her hand, and smiled. "But first things first." A blast of negative energy pulsed out of her hand and within an instant Usagi's family was gone. To her it was slow motion. The blast slowly made its way from Canopus's hand, and her family. She could clearly here their cries, and she could undoubtedly see the blood. They were gone.

"NNNNNOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" she screamed. Suddenly she was ripped from her nightmare and the next thing she new, she was out of breath, and trembling within Mamoru's caring embrace.

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