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Well nothing to say here…so on with the story!

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After Crysalis' outburst she had become so tired that she fell asleep on the couch. Setsuna had carried her to the guestroom were she now slept. When Setsuna came down they discussed that they had heard.

" Well that was quite a story…" Mako said and let the sentence hang in the air.

" I feel that this is bad, very bad. What should we do? Should we help her or?"

" We'll first have to banish the Death Master from this galaxy. Then we can go and help Crysalis. How does that sound?" Ami asked the people around her.

" I think it sounds like a plan!"

Then a sound came from the front door and all the senshi made their way there. Haruka opened it and saw Artemis, all out of breath and with a look of terror in his eyes.

" Down to the mall now! "

" My dear Artemis, I don't think this is the best time to go shopping. " Minako said as she bent down to pick up her talking pet.

" Well, neither do I, but a new youma has appeared and it's destroying the mall and everyone in it. Get down there NOW! "

Artemis jumped from the chocked Minako's arms and gave her a cold look, *why did he have too get stuck with the airhead (sorry all you Minako fans)*

" I'll wake Crysalis, wait a minute. " Michiru said when she turned her heel and ran up the stairs.

When all the senshi had gotten to the mall, all they saw was ruins. Thankfully they saw no one, at least there were no casualties and it was safe to transform. The moon princess took command and yelled:

" Everyone transform "

Haruka rolled her eyes and muttered sarcastically, " Oh, gee I wonder why "

Usagi's eyes shone with anger and made a promise to her that she would show them.

Moon angel power make up!

Out of her brooch came ribbons that encircled her petit body. In the wink of an eye they became her fuku and wings grew out of her back. The moon on her forehead glowed a deep golden colour and blinded all onlookers and then she was sailor moon.

Mercury silver power make up!

A wall of ice quickly grew out of the ground and entrapped Ami. Cracks appeared and the ice broke into pieces. Instead of the young genius Ami Mizuno stood sailor mercury.

Mars silver power make up!

Rei held her hands, palm up, in front of her and a small ball of flame grew out of them. The ball grew and grew, and at last it swallowed the priestess. Then the flames became the fuku of sailor mars.

Jupiter silver power make up!

Lightning came down from the heavens and formed a triangle in witch Makoto stood bravely. Then a lightning bolt hit her and electrified the creature in the triangle. When the smoke had cleared there was sailor Jupiter

Venus silver power make up!

A chain of hearts formed and banded Minako. In a flash of light the beautiful Minako had transformed into the goddess sailor Venus.

Neptune silver power make up!

Big waves began splashing around Michiru and a cyclone developed under her feet. Strings of water emitted from the waves and created a cave around her, then the water calmed and sailor Neptune rose from the cyclone.

Uranus silver power make up!

Strong winds started blowing thru the area and whipped sand around the crouching being. A hill of sand began to build up at her feet, and soon it covered her. The wind began blowing again and removed the sand and sailor Uranus stood up.

Pluto silver power make up!

Setsuna held her staff in front of her and white liquid came from the ground, creating a shell around her and her staff. Then she slashed the liquid so an opening appeared and out stepped sailor Pluto with her weapon at her side.

Saturn silver power make up!

Hotaru pulled her glaive out of her subspace pocket and set it into the ground. Small plants began to shot out of the ground and filled the area around her. Then came flowers, all the plants were being reborn. Then a light flashed over Hotaru but it was no longer Hotaru, it was sailor Saturn.

Pure crystal power make up!

Crysalis took a hold of the pendant around her neck with both hands. Her whole body began too give of an unearthly light. From the pendant, as a base, her fuku grew and covered her skin and the light declined. In front of her a sword formed, floating and with her right arm she took it, now sailor crystal was complete.

All the senshi had their respective colours of their planets, while sailor crystal had ice blue bows, skirt, glove bands, white choker, brooch and knee-high boots but the one thing that was different was that Crysalis had no tiara, just an eight-pointed star on her brow.

Haruka made notice of the sword that sailor crystal had in her grasp. The handle was made of a deep blue precious gem with a swirling pattern of silver imbedded in the whole sword. The rest was made of mithrill (you who don't know what mithrill is: it's a metal made by dwarfs, and no, no dwarfs will appear in this story). The senshi of the sky made a note to her to challenge Crysalis one day on a sword duel. Then sailor moon started to run towards the former mall without as much as a word to the others, sailor crystal shrugged and ran after her friend and then all the others came hurrying after.

Sailor moon found she soon in the centre of the mall were there was a big snake thing circling the big stone statue in the middle. When she got a good look at the thing she gasped, where the head should be there was the torso of a man with scaly skin. At the sound of her voice the snake-man turned and gave her a twisted, evil grin.

" Ah, I see you have arrived to my nest all alone…well feel welcome and you'll soon be eaten. Right about, NOW! "

Scaly made an attack on sailor moon, only to be knocked out of the way by sailor crystal who held the Crystal Sword steadily in front of her and the thing retreated from the attack with a scowl on his face. His voice was no longer sweet and soothing but hard and held a kind of shriek.

"Who are you to interrupt me when I'm eating?!"

" Shut up and die! "

She jumped and directed her sword to hit the monsters chest but was pushed by sailor moon in midair. Crystal landed rather clumsy on her butt after the fall and shot sailor moon a look of surprise by the deed she had just done. Moon only answered the look with a mad scowl and said:

" I'll take care of this, just stay out of the way while I do this "

Before crystal could do anything sailor moon had unleashed her attack.

" Light moon star shower! "

The snake-man screamed in both anger and pain but did not die. The attack had come from his left and where it had hit the flesh was burned and gave of a horrible stench. Behind to two sailors at the scene the other senshi had finally arrived. Jupiter was first out with her own new attack.

" Chain lightning bolt! "

The electrifying shock hit the target and it crumbled to dust only to be blown away by a silent wind that swept at their feet. Sailor Jupiter had huge self-pleased grin on her face and gave a cheery yell, it wasn't everyday that she had the honour to kill the monster. Tuxedo kamen walked to his love and put his arms on her shoulders too pull her into a warm embrace but she wriggled out of his grip. A surprised look covered his face when she turned to face him.

" DON'T touch me! I've could have taken care of it myself, why'd you interrupt? "

Sailor moon eyed the people standing around her and shot Jupiter and Crystal especially angry glances. She turned to sailor crystal, which by this time had stood up.

" And I don't need you to protect me, leave me alone! "

This comment was the last straw for her, she had had a bad week and this wasn't how Crysalis liked to be treated after saving someone. Sailor Crystal was about a head taller then moon and while she slowly raised her hand a look of pure anger twisted her otherwise beautiful face. Her gloved hand grabbed the front of sailor moons fuku and raised her so high in the air that her feet barely touched the ground.

" OH, EXCUSE ME FOR SAVING YOUR STUPID LIFE, EXCUSE ME FOR CARING ABOUT SOMEONE ELSE BUT MYSELF! WHAT IS IT? IS IT THAT I'M NOT WORTHY, MISS QUEEN THE WORLD!!?? "

( Remember that she doesn't know about the future)

The sudden change in Crystals' mood had scared the heck out sailor moon who was already so tired after her attack and outburst that she started to cry in the hand(s) of sailor crystal.

This was too much for sailor mars who didn't see that she was about to put the smaller sailor down. Mars started to run towards the pair screaming bloody murder. Sailor Crystal looked around in the nick of time to see her a few feet from herself and sailor moon but she didn't dodge the fierce kick that mars unleashed. The kick hit her square in the side and she backed down while releasing sailor moon. Sailor mars was so desperate that she had tears in her eyes, still screaming and realising her friend wasn't enough. She had to pay for the pain she had caused. Sailor Crystal received another kick in the stomach and fell down, her body causing a slit thud when it hit the ground. After a third and fourth hit, Crysalis started coughing up blood. The senshi had all been dumbstruck by mars behaviour and had just stood there, staring. But sailor Uranus went forth and grabbed sailor mars' shoulders in a mid kick and held her there until she calmed down. Saturn had tears in her eyes when she crouched next to her friend and activated her healing power. And after a few more coughs her breathing calmed down and she detranformed because she didn't have any power left and was again dressed in the silk robe she had worn before. Slowly Crysalis opened her misty eyes and groaned slightly while dragging her slim legs up to her chest and threw her arms around them.

" It-it hurts so bad…"

Sailor mars, who by this time had been released let her gaze drop shamefully. She admitted to herself that she'd gone to far, but she had hurt her friend who meant the world to her so it was mostly her fault. By now all the senshi, except Uranus and mars, had gathered around Crysalis' limp body. Uranus slowly turned mars and looked deep into her eyes almost like she was searching for the answer to her friends' behaviour.

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