All Hearts Can Melt 6
Meltdown
I do not own Sailor Moon in any way shape or form. The new characters are mine
Lydia heard her communicator beeping at the café and she reluctantly picked it up. "What?" she demanded.
Ami's face appeared on the little screen, "I wasn't sure you had your communicator with you."
"I forgot I even had it meself." Said Lydia honestly.
"Lydia, I've located our enemy's operation base." Ami informed.
"Oh, the ice lassies?" she mumbled bitterly. "What about them?"
"Their snow queen is at the monolithShe is going to freeze the Earth."
"Have yeh told Serena about it?"
Ami shook her head.
"Well, tell her, she's Sailor Moon, isn't she?" Lydia grunted.
"But Lydia, won't you be coming too?"
"I'd just get in the way," Lydia mumbled. "I'm not Sailor Rainbow. Not anymore."
"Yes you are! We need you, Rainbow!"
Another face joined Ami's. It was Raye. "Come on, Lydia. What we need is a meltdown and I can't be the only fire starter here." She insisted. "We're a team!"
"Sorry, lassies," Lydia said, "but I can't stop this Snow Queen from outer space. Yer on yer own."
"Lydia, wait!" Raye shouted but Lydia closed the communicator before she could put another word in.
'I'm not a sailor scout anymore,' Lydia thought, lying her head on her arms. 'I can't fight. There's nothing left for me to fight for. Without Fiore, I'm nothing.'
Ami sighed and closed her communicator. "Lydia's not coming."
"She can't give up on being a sailor scout," Mina insisted. "I know she misses Fiore, but we'll need all the help we can get!"
"I keep telling her that," Lucky said. "But she never listened to me. If she had, then we'd probably have all the rainbow coins by now and every castle in Ireland will be cleaned out of evil spirits."
"I guess we'll just have to do the best we can without her," Lita said reluctantly. "And hopefully we won't lose."
Raye nodded. "Yeah…I just hope Lydia does realize we really do need her. Because we can use some luck on our side right about now."
Princess Kaguya and her snow dancers were ready to set their plan in motion. In no time, the whole world will be covered in ice. Unless the Sailor Scouts rose to stop her, it would be too late.
Instead of searching for Kaguya to stop her plot, Serena went to the space agency to warn Himeko about the danger before she left for outer space.
As Himeko began to leave the space agency, she turned around to find Serena.
"Excuse me," Serena said, stepping forward with Luna in her arms.
Himeko looked at Luna, "Hi there. I know you." She raised her eyes to Serena. "Is she your kitty?"
Serena nodded. "Listen, you must postpone the lunar project for your own safety.
"Uh…what do you mean?" Himeko asked.
"There's a comet approaching the Earth." Serena warned. "It was sent by an evil being to freeze the entire planet!"
"What are you talking about?" Himeko demanded skeptically.
"I know you probably think I'm some nut, but…but there really is a comet on its way."
Himeko had heard enough and she walked passed Serena to the doors. Serena followed her.
"It'll be too dangerous for you in outer space," Serena continued.
"You're out of your mind." Himeko said, climbing into the taxi.
"It's true!" exclaimed Serena.
"I'm a scientist." Himeko said. "I don't believe in evil beings in space." She closed the door, as well as the conversation. The taxi drove away.
"Hey!" Serena shouted, taking a few steps into the taxi's direction. "What are we going to do?"
Unable to stop Himkeo, Serena and Luna returned to Kakeru's home. He was still struggling with the pain. Luna watched with intent and came up with an idea.
"Maybe…" she began.
"Huh?" Serena mumbled.
"I wonder if he were to meet the princess he's been dreaming about all his life, Princess
Kaguya, he might recover his energy and rise above this crystal's power."
"Princess Kaguya?"
Luna turned away from the window and looked at Serena. "If I could change into a human, I could pretend to be Princess Kaguya for him."
"Luna, even if you could turn into a human being," Serena reminded gently, "you still couldn't be his girl."
"I don't care about that anymore. Really, I don't." Luna insisted. "I just want to save his life! You see, he's been dreaming about this princess ever since he was a little child, he believes she exists. Meeting her might be the one thing that could give him strength to beat the evil crystal."
"Oh…" Serena mumbled, surprised.
Luna sighed and looked down, "but I'm the one who's dreaming now, aren't I Serena?"
"Hmm…"
The news forecast had become quite alarming. Serena and Luna stood watching the forecast. "A freak cold front has encircled the entire globe. Even equatorial countries such as those in Africa have received heavy snowfall."
"What?" Serena exclaimed.
"It has to be caused by that snow witch!" Luna cried.
"According to the latest local weather forecast, there will be freezing rain and snow overnight."
Serena's communicator beeped and she opened it to see Ami.
"Serena, I've located our enemy's operation base," she reported.
"Good, have you told Lydia?" Serena asked.
Ami frowned, "yes."
"And?" Serena prompted
"She's not coming, Serena." Ami said sadly.
"What?" Serena gasped. "Where is she?"
"I don't know, but you'd better come quick."
"Not until I find Lydia!"
"Serena, do what Ami says," Luna said. "Don't worry about Lydia. Maybe she'll come to fight when she feels she can."
"Okay," Serena said. "Hold on!"
Over the ocean, ice formed all over it. The snow dancers flew around, turning everything in their paths into ice. Princess Kaguya laughed in her victory.
"Every little thing must be frozen!" she exclaimed.
Suddenly, rose petals floated around.
"Huh?"
The outer sailor scouts, Neptune, Uranus and Pluto stood ready for battle.
"Lured by the new epoch, I'm Sailor Uranus, and I gorgeously protect this planet!"
"Lured by the new epoch, I'm Sailor Neptune, and I graciously fight for what's right!"
"I'm Sailor Pluto, the keeper of time! The Earth shall not turn to ice! Time will tell!"
Princess Kaguya laughed. "Just in time for our Winter Carnival, Sailor Scouts. A little late to stop it, though!"
Ice Dancers flew toward the sailor scouts, sending icy waves. They jumped away and Neptune is the first to attack.
"NEPTUNE DEEP SUBMERGE!"
Thee ice dancers were destroyed. Unknown to the scouts, that the ice heart underneath the monolith glowed and more snow dancers came to life.
"URANUS WORLD SHAKING!"
"PLUTO DEADLY SCREAM!"
But try as they may, more ice dancers were born. Each dancer the scout destroyed, numerous ones rise up to take their places.
"What?" the outer scouts cried in shock.
"Snow Dancers, take your time and let them suffer before you freeze them!" Princess Kaugya ordered.
But before the snow dancers could carry out their master's wish, the inners arrived.
"MARS CELESTIAL FIRE SURROUND!" Mars' fire took down several snow dancers. The outers turned as the inners came to join them.
"Don't worry about these new upstarts, Snow Dancers!" Princess Kaguya shouted. "Just enjoy your game!"
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION!"
"VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!"
"JUPITER THUNDERCLAP ZAP!"
More snow dancers went down, but there still too many for the seven scouts to take on by themselves. They needed Sailor Rainbow and Sailor Moon, but what was taking them so long?
Luna returned to the observatory to check on Kakeru's condition--but he was nowhere to be found. Luna walked around, meowing in curiosity, hoping he'd hear her. Then she found the door open. The sick and weak man must've gone outside in the freezing cold!
"He's way too sick to go anywhere." She said aloud and went outside to find him. Artemis and Lucky saw her runaway.
"Luna?" Artemis whispered.
"Something's wrong," Lucky said, as if he had a vision. "I think this Kakeru is in danger."
"What should we do, Lucky?" Artemis asked.
"We've got to follow her," he replied, "and find Kakeru."
"Are you sure?" Artemis inquired.
"This man is important to her, Artemis," Lucky said. "He means the same way to her as Dorothy meant to me. Let's go!" Lucky took off with great speed, leaving Artemis behind.
"Whoa, Lucky, wait up!"
Kakeru was outside in the cold all right, holding a coat around him and taking dragging steps. "Himeko…you mustn't go." He said weakly. "Princess Snow Kaguya is going…to…freeze the Earth.
Someone…please…warn her…of the danger." He walked down the street, just as Lydia was leaving the café, feeling helpless.
'I'd hate to let the others fight alone,' she thought, 'but there's nothing I can do.' She looked up from the ground to see Kakeru stumbling through the snow.
"Laddie, are yeh all right?" she questioned, stopping in front of him. "Yeh don't look so good."
"Must…warn…Himeko," he mumbled, his legs shaking.
"Who?" Lydia asked and he collapsed onto her. Lydia gasped and put her arms around him to steady his fall. "Oh no! Yer so cold!"
"Save Himeko…must…"
"You can't save anyone until you take care of yehself, laddie," Lydia insisted, supporting his weight. "I've got to get yeh out of the cold." She took his arm, put it around her neck and helped him out of the cold and sought shelter in a parking garage. "Think yeh can drink some Irish whisky?"
Kakeru let out a groan.
"Some hot cocoa then?" she rephrased.
Back at the monolith, the fight of the sailor scouts against the snow team was not going well.
"MARS FIRE…!"
"NEPTUNE…!"
The snow dancers strike Sailor Mars and Neptune before they could finish. They fall back onto the snow.
"Venus Love…."
"Uranus…" Snow dancers smacked the two scouts into a wall. Sailor Mercury could not handle her lot and though Sailor Jupiter was showing no mercy, even the sailor scout of thunder was no match for them. They are knocked down into the snow.
Sailor Pluto held out the longest, but they grabbed her garnet rod and slam against her. She fell down. The scouts were down.
'We need help,' Sailor Mercury thought.
"Our carnival is over…for you, Sailor Scouts." Princess Kaguya prepared to finish them all of with an ice attack, but a voice rung out.
"Stop right there!"
"Who are you?" Princess Kaguya demanded.
"Sailor Moon!" the other sailor scouts shouted in unison, relieved to see the moon princess finally show up.
Sailor Moon looked around, "Rainbow…" she mumbled.
But where was the Rainbow Princess?
"So, they saved the smallest one for last." Kaguya said with a snicker. "Ah ha ha ha! Take a look.
Beautiful, isn't it? The Earth is turning into a frigid, snowy world without
love, and soon, it will be part of my collection."
"Collection?! Who do you think you are?! We'll never be one of your ornaments! You're nuts!"
Meanwhile, Luna continued to follow Kakeru's trail, with Lucky and Artemis not far behind. Lydia was still tending to Kakeru, her jacket draped over him and she held him close to keep the wind from attacking him.
'I can feel his life force slipping,' she thought. 'I've got to do something!'
Kakeru started to have a small coughing fit. Lydia gasped in concern.
"Hold on, laddie," she coached. "by the way, I'm Lydia."
"Kak--Kakeru," he replied.
"Yeh need a doctor," she said, "but I can't leave yeh just yet. I'm stayin'."
"Th-thank you," he coughed and his teeth started chattering, "But I--" Kakeru slipped into unconsciousness.
"Kakeru? Kakeru!"
Back at the battle, Kaguya tried to talk Sailor Moon into letting her freeze the Earth.
"Come on. I know you feel tired." Kaguya coaxed Sailor Moon. "I'm offering you the best sleep of your life. You'll be covered with a blanket of ice, and you'll be in a deep, peaceful sleep with no suffering. So what do you say, my dear?"
Sailor Moon did not hesitate with her answer. "Never ever!"
"Huh?!" Kaguya gasped. That was not the answer she wanted.
"Sometimes we have love," Sailor Moon exclaimed, "and sometimes we lose love!"
"Kakeru, please laddie, don't fall asleep yet!" Lydia shouted. "Yeh might not wake up!"
"That sounded like Lydia," Luna heard her shouts and followed them to the parking garage, "Lydia?" She gasped. "Kakeru!"
"Yeh know him?" Lydia questioned.
Luna sat down next to them. "Yes…he's the one who looked after me. I've grown close to him."
"Luna, it sounds like yeh in love with him," Lydia said, wrinkling her nose. "Don't yah think that's rather odd?"
Luna turned the tables around and looked up at Lydia, "Oh, you're one to talk." She said. "You're the one in love with an alien from outer space."
Lydia chuckled, "touché." She looked down at Kakeru, "Is he going to be all right?"
"I'm not sure. He's weakened as a result of an evil crystal." Luna explained. "It belonged to that snow witch Kaguya."
"Yeh mean the one who sent those ice girls?" Lydia asked.
"Yes. She's going to freeze the Earth."
"I know," Lydia sighed. "Ami told me."
"So why aren't you with the others?" Luna asked.
"Because…I'm not a sailor scout. No longer." Lydia replied hesitantly. "I'm sorry, Luna, but I just can't fight anymore."
"You can't let love make you forget your destiny."
"What?" Lydia questioned.
"Let me tell you something Lucky told me," Luna said, "he was also in love with a human before he came to you and Madam Indigo."
"He did?" Lydia asked in surprise.
Luna nodded and continued. "He warned me that loving a human will only result in heartbreak, but I didn't listen to him. I forgot that I was one of the Moon Kingdom's guardian cats. It is my destiny to train the sailor scouts and that's not what I've been doing lately, has it?"
"Yes, but, Artemis and Lucky--"
"I see to it that things were done," she continued. "At least, I did. I made plans, Artemis tells the stories and Lucky keeps us on our toes. They can't do it without me. Just like the scouts aren't complete without you. They need your help and your luckiness."
"Well, Luna, in case yeh haven't noticed,"
Lydia grumbled, "I haven't been lucky lately."
"You were lucky enough to find Kakeru in time," Luna reminded,
nodding to him, "and take him out of the cold. Were you not?"
Lydia's mouth dropped open and glanced at Kakeru, "but I--"
"And he's starting to look better too," Luna said.
"Yes, but I, this has nothing to with it!" Lydia muttered. "I want to be with Fiore! I keep waiting and waiting for him to return for Earth."
"I know you are, my dear," Luna said, coming close and dropping her paw on Lydia's lap. "But unless you join the fight, there may not be an Earth for Fiore to come back too."
Lydia's eyes widened in shock and her mouth opened to respond but nothing came out. She looked down at Kakeru. He was the first to be pawned in this little scheme of Kaguya's and before long, there will be others. Now she saw Fiore in Kakeru's place. In her heart, Lydia knew Luna was right. She had to join the fight. It may have been a long time since she fought with all her heart, but it didn't change the fact that she was a sailor scout. The whole Earth was about to become a giant floating globe of ice and a fire starter was in order.
Finally, Lydia found her voice but she spoke softly at first. "Yeh right, Luna," she swallowed as a tear ran down her cheek, "yeh absolutely right. I am the sailor scout of luck and one unlucky situation is not going to stop me from protecting my home." Lydia stood up. "I'm going to give that ice bitch a fight she's never going to forget! Thanks, Luna!"
"You're welcome, Lydia." Luna mumbled, surprised at her language.
Lydia glanced at Kakeru, "poor guy. I'd hate to leave him alone though."
"If there was just a way I could help him," Luna said, "but go, Lydia. Kakeru and I will never be, but Fiore loves you back. You have something worth fighting for. I'll stay here, and look after Kakeru. It's where I need to be right now and you know where your place is."
"The Sailor Scout of Luck is back in the ring!" Lydia turned, feeling an immense surge of energy, "Besides, Fiore wouldn't want me to quit. I've got to do this for him, for my friends, for my home!" Lydia ran out of the parking garage with Luna looking after her.
"Go, Lydia," Luna whispered, "well done."
Lydia passed Artemis and Lucky and nearly ran right over Artemis. He gasped and jumped back. "Hey, watch where you're going!" Artemis shouted.
"Lydia, where are you going in such a hurry?" Lucky demanded.
"Where am I going?" Lydia stopped and turned around, "I'm gonna pick a fight the snow witch, that's where I'm going to go!"
Lucky laughed and looked at his sailor scout in surprise, "Y-yeh mean?"
"That's right, Lucky! I'm back!" Lydia exclaimed. "Yeh didn't train me to be a quitter, did yeh? I'm gonna show that witch that it ain't wise to mess with fire!" To prove her point, she started a small ring of fire, melting a patch of snow. She turned back around and opened her brooch. "RAINBOW YELLOW COIN POWER!"
The once bitter and un-scouting sailor soldier, transformed to the sailor scout of luck, Sailor Rainbow.
"Wish me luck guys," Sailor Rainbow said over her shoulder, "as if I need it! Hah! Oh, it's so good to be fighting again!" She ran in the direction of the monolith in hot pursuit. Lucky called after her.
"Wallop her frozen ahrss good, Sailor Rainbow!" Lucky shouted and sat down, impressed, "Oi, it feels good to have my sailor soldier back again."
"Speak for yourself, Lucky," Artemis muttered, "She nearly trampled all over me!"
Sailor Moon continued to talk to Princess Kaguya, but she knew she wasn't in the mood to hear her rambling. 'Sailor Rainbow, where are you?' she thought, 'I need your help!'
"Sometimes love can hurt terribly, like a deep wound!" Sailor Moon remembered both her cat Luna, and best friend, Lydia, shedding tears of heartbreak. "In our world, we have lots of ups and downs, pleasures and pains, but that's life, and we learn to accept the bad with the good! Without the bad times, we wouldn't appreciate the good times! Life is precious, and I cherish every living moment!"
But Princess Kaguya doesn't seem to care. "Ha ha! Well, speaking of bad moments, cherish this, little girl!" She fired her ice blast and Sailor Moon quickly jumped back to dodge it.
"I'm on my way up, and you're on your way down!"
"You're evil and selfish," Sailor Moon shouted, "and you've never been loved or known how wonderful it is to love someone!"
She remembered again what Luna told her not too long ago about Kakeru: "I don't care about that anymore. Really, I don't. I just want to save his life!" And the sacrifice Rainbow tried to make so that Fiore will be freed: "Let Fiore go, Kisenian! Take me instead!"
Sailor Moon prepared herself for another attack. There was no chance in reasoning with her. She couldn't wait for Sailor Rainbow. She had to level up without her.
"I have no choice. SUPER MOON CRISES POWER!"
"Huh?" Princess Kaguya was surprised to see Super Sailor Moon.
Super Sailor Moon closed her eyes and recalled Luna's words before she left for the fight. "If I could change into a human, I could pretend to be Princess Kaguya for him."
Super Sailor Moon opened her eyes with determination. She readied her Moon Heart Spiral Scepter.
"I'll get you!" Kaguya shouted.
"RAINBOW MOON HEARTACHE REFORM!"
There was a battle between their blasts and Princess Kaguya's blast made its way to Super Sailor Moon, but right before it hit her, she heard a familiar voice.
"Rainbow?"
"Sailor Moon---no!" Sailor Rainbow got in front of Sailor Moon and pushed her back, making her fall down. The blast headed for them and Rainbow quickly shielded herself, taking the blast that was meant for Sailor Moon. "Ugghhn!"
"Rainbow!" Sailor Moon cried in shock.
The other sailor scouts sat up in surprise. They didn't expect Rainbow to come at all. "Sailor Rainbow!" they all shouted.
"You made it!" Mars added.
"Sorry lassies," she said.
The love blossom on Rainbow's wrist absorbed the blast, protecting Rainbow. Rainbow looked up at it and smiled. 'It protected me…Fiore's love protected me from Kaguya's blast!' Rainbow grinned and looked up at Kaguya. "That's the best yeh got?"
"I stand corrected," Princess Kaguya muttered, "I see that you're the smallest one to come join us."
"Don't let me size fool yeh," Sailor Rainbow sneered. "If yeh want Sailor Moon, yeh'll have to get through me!"
"Oh, is that a threat?" she asked, not in the least threatened.
"One wrong move, and this is what I'll do to you!" Sailor Rainbow turned to the snow dancers floating above the other sailor scouts. "DRUID FIRE!" A ring of fire surrounded five snow dancers, making them melt into water. "Yeh not goin' ta freeze the earth, yeh hear me? I will stop yeh! I'll whallop yer frozen ahrss, and then I'm gonna roast it!" Infuriated, Sailor Rainbow charged toward Princess Kaguya, "Prepare to rot in hell, ice witch!"
"Sailor Rainbow, no!" Sailor Moon warned, pushing herself up.
But Sailor Rainbow did not listen. She felt so angry for not being the sailor scout she should be. Angry at herself, angry at Princess Kaguya, just so angry. Sailor Rainbow jumped up with all her strength and lifted her right arm, preparing an attack with the three rainbow coins to her name.
"RAINBOW RED ORANGE YELLOW STREAMERS!"
A stream of orange sided by one of yellow and red, made its way to Princess Kaguya's face. It blinded her for a short moment and she recovered just as Sailor Rainbow was about to land.
"I hate light!" Princess Kaguya cursed.
"Well, take a good at it because that's all whut yeh'll be seein'!" Sailor Rainbow shouted, pointing at her.
Princess Kaguya growled and raised her hand. "Now, it's my turn!"
"Rainbow, get out of the way!" Sailor Moon cried, but it was too late. Princess Kaguya hit Rainbow with a strong ice blast. Unable to block the blast in time, Rainbow felt her power decrease. She was lifted into the air by Kaguya's control.
"S-ssoo, c-cold," Rainbow stuttered, "can't…fight it…need…extra…coin…"
Kaguya laughed, "too cold, my dear?"
Rainbow screamed as she started to glow red, orange and yellow. The power of her brooch was disrupted and her fuku began to fall apart in ribbons, floating around in the ice blast. Frost formed onto the ribbons and to her body. She couldn't stop it.
"Perhaps a sleep in a block of ice shall sooth you!" Kaguya shouted, sending more power in the blast. The frost became ice and Rainbow was contained in a block of solid ice. She fell onto the ground, the ice cracking a bit.
"Finish her off, my snow dancers!" Kaguya ordered.
Immediately, the snow dancers made their way to Rainbow. The other scouts tried to stop them, but too weak to fight. They knocked them back to the ground.
"No, Rainbow!" Sailor Moon shouted through tears.
Just as the snow dancers were about to smash the crystallized Rainbow, a light that appeared from nowhere melted two of them. The others looked on in surprise and then Sailor Rainbow disappeared from sight.
"Where's Rainbow?" Moon demanded.
"She's gone!" Sailor Mars gasped.
Flower petals started floating around in the sky and the scouts saw a familiar figure in the petal swarm.
"I don't believe it," Venus whispered.
"Why it's…" Mercury began.
"FIORE!" Sailor Moon exclaimed. "You're alive!"
The petals disappeared, showing the rest of Fiore. He was in a white dressy garb, holding a thawed and unconscious Rainbow in his arms. She was still in a moment of mid-transformation. Fiore raised his face from his love and then up to Kaguya and her ice dancers.
"You've threatened the life of the one of I love," he said lowly, "and for that…I will show no mercy!" He landed on the ice and supporting Rainbow against him, he held out his hand holding the prism and blasted many of the snow dancers. The others shrieked and flew out of range. Fiore gritted his teeth. "I've heard of you, Ice Witch Kaguya! I saw you in space and I heard of your evil plot to freeze Earth. Earth may not be my home planet, but the ones I love and cherish live on this world and I will not let you destroy it!"
"Oh, and how do you expect to stop me?" Kaguya demanded.
"You're so like the Kisenian Blossom," he muttered. "Your plan to turn Earth into a never-ending winter is no better than Kisenan's to cover it in life-sucking flowers!"
Kaguya laughed at this comment. "Oh, I'm flattered."
"W-we m-must sss-stop her," Rainbow mumbled, slowly opening her eyes.
"Sailoro Rainobw," Fiore whispered.
Hearing his voice, Rainbow turned her head and focused on Fiore. "F-Fiore? Is it you?"
"Yes, my love." He said, getting to his knees, holding her close so she will get warm. "I am here."
Tears flowed down Rainbow's cheeks, "Oh, Fiore…I feared that yeh will never come!"
"I'm here now," he told her. "Shh…don't speak. Save your strength."
"But…we've got to stop Kaguya."
"You can't!" Kaguya shouted.
Moon, outraged, stood up. "We will stop you! I swear it!" She prepared to open her moon cosmic brooch.
The others struggled to their feet.
"Stop it, Sailor Moon!" Venus cried. "Don't use the Silver Crystal, or you'll die!"
"I won't let you die!" Sailor Uranus added.
"Oh, no, Moon, not that strategy again," Rainbow winced. "It nearly killed us last time!"
"No, Rainbow, I will not put you through that again," Moon said, "I'm taking care of this myself!"
"We must all protect her!" Mars urged.
Sailor Mercury remembered Artemis' words: "Silver Crystal Power, the power of love and friendship, melted the icy darkness and released the Earth!"
"That's it!" Mercury cried. "The ancient legendary power of love and friendship, Silver Crystal Power, can work!"
"Then let's do it!" Rainbow said, trying to sit up, but Fiore kept her from moving.
"No, you're still weak." He insisted.
The sailor scouts approach Sailor Moon and the remaining snow dancers descended upon them. Rainbow gasped.
"Watch out!" she warned.
Just in the nick of time, Tuxedo Mask drove them away so they could go to Moon safely. He had Sailor Mini Moon with him.
"Sailor Mini Moon!" he yelled, "Go join them and protect Sailor Moon!"
"Right!" she said, going with the others.
"Wait for me, Sailor Mini Moon!" Rainbow said, pushing herself to her feet, though Fiore tried to keep her from doing so.
"Sailor Rainbow, please don't."
"I must, Fiore," she said, "I am a Sailor Scout."
"Fiore?" Tuxedo Mask focused on his old friend after holding off some of the snow dancers. "You're back?"
"Yes, Darien," Fiore said, supporting Rainbow.
"Fiore, please, I must." She begged.
"All right," he sighed, "but not without this." He opened his hand to reveal the fourth and green rainbow coin.
Rainbow gasped, "Fiore, where did you find this?"
"I'll explain later," he said. "Call upon its power."
Rainbow embraced him, "Thank you, my love. This will allow me to become Super Sailor Rainbow. Watch me, Fiore. Watch me send that ice witch back where she came from!" She backed up, holding the rainbow crystal close to her brooch. Her ribbons came up to brooch, reforming her fuku as it were before. "GREEN RAINBOW COIN ACTIVATION!"
As Sailor Rainbow advanced to the next level, Fiore helped Tuxedo Mask fend off the remaining snow dancers.
Now Sailor Rainbow started to glow from red to green and butterflies floated around her. Her brooch became a green star with a gold one in the center matching the decoration on her golden belt. Her back bow extended to her knees. A green stripe joined the red, orange and yellow stripes on her boots and her green shamrock broke, turning her yellow choker green. A golden coin appeared on her choker as the next choker decoration. Her love blossom on her arm received more power and her earrings were emerald stars to match her tiara gem and braid ties. She had green ribbons at the top of her braids. Now she had the power to become Super Sailor Rainbow and she felt great.
Super Sailor Rainbow turned to Fiore. "So, how do I look?"
"Beautiful, as always," he replied.
She chuckled and joined Super Sailor Moon in the circle the other sailor scouts formed by joining their hands.
"It feels great to be fighting side by side with yeh again," Rainbow told Sailor Moon, extracting her rainbow crystal.
"Likewise, dear friend," Sailor Moon commented. "Now let's get down to business, shall we?"
"Yeh don't have to tell me twice!"
Concluding Chapter--Wishes of Love
