AN: Well it's been awhile. Gomen nasi for the delay.
Domo arigato to CJ-Chan, krystalcat, LadyD, ScorpioNightShadow, Spooky Fyre, konekochan_hime, and everyone else who read. You are the best!!!
Sorry about the battle scene in this. Thank you everyone for your help (it made it better than it was), but I'm just not too good with battles.
"..." is talking, '...' is thought, [...] is AN, (...) is extra info but part of the fic, ... means trailed off, -- means interrupted. Onto the fic!
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They reappeared in a flash. The ground was hard and sand-like and black. The sky was colorless, a dark gray. It did not look too different from the planets it had conquered and consumed, but it was much worse, much more evil. The very air seemed to pulse negative energy.
Everyone was tense. All knew that they were in the presence of evil in its purest form. All were nervous, to say the least.
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"What did you mean back there?" said Bulma addressing Saturn, though it was hard to tell if she really wanted to know or if she just wanted to talk to ease her nerves. "What did you mean by 'who will conquer'?"
Saturn sighed. "For all eternity, the constant battle between light and darkness rages on. Often the two are in Balance, with equal light and darkness, day and night, good and evil. The Darkness is not evil naturally, but the evil in human hearts and the hearts of countless other species has fueled the Darkness and now it seems as though it can only be evil. It tries to topple the delicate Balance, and the Light tries to restrain it. For countless centuries it has been this way, but the people are becoming evil. The Darkness is too strong. I fear that this may be the climax and possibly the end of the struggle."
Bulma, for once, seemed unable to understand. "It is a difficult concept to grasp," said Saturn in reply to her confused expression [AN: which was a new look for Bulma] "and even harder to explain with words."
"But what *would* happen if the Darkness won?" asked Goku.
"The Balance would be completely lost and all would be chaos." [AN: Not Chaos, but chaos as in no order, confusion, etc. Think of what many myths say the universe was before things were made.]
Jupiter shivered at the thought. "And how does this concern Usa?" asked Seventeen, almost defensively.
"Cosmos is the Guardian of Light," replied Saturn. "The Darkness will try to possess her and use her to destroy the Balance completely and begin its reign of terror. The Balance is already on the edge. Already the Darkness has consumed stars and planets and even solar systems and galaxies. We can only hope that Cosmos can resist the Darkness and we will find her in time to help stop it, or all will be lost."
Jupiter shuddered again. "Let's get moving."
They ran and ran. Bulma had trouble keeping up, so Trunks carried her (Vegeta refused to carry "the onna who showed up when it wasn't her business").
Slowly the landscape began to change. Vegetation was, as always, nonexistent, but the land itself, though still flat, seemed to be gradually sloping upwards. Eventually, the flat land seemed to end and they were forced to stop at the foot of a steep hill.
They attempted to climb it on foot, but in the end the Z fighters flew, helping the Sailor Senshi along. Panting, they reached the top of the hill. Correction, plateau. The land at the top was flat and stretched for many miles from end to end. In the center sat an enormous building made entirely of black marble. Countless steps climbed to the entrance of the building. Majestic black pillars stood tall at the top of the stairs. [AN: Think Greek. Parthenon. Acropolis. etc] Twin stone dragons sat on pedestals on either side of the stairs, glaring down and guarding the building.
At the top of the stairs, at the foot of a pillar, lay a single glimmer of light...
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Cosmos stirred as she heard voices in the distance. They seemed familiar, but she couldn't say from where. They were calling something. Usagi, was it? Who was Usagi?
With effort she opened her eyes, and her vision cam into focus. She was bound to a pillar, held in place by some dark force. The black "chain" (though it was more of a strip of pulsating Darkness) circled her, across her stomach and arms, and kept her back against the pillar. It seemed to radiate evil energy.
A group of people were running (or was it flying?), heading towards the bottom of the huge building.
They seemed somehow familiar, but Cosmos' mind was still in a haze.
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The Sailors and Z senshi ran as fast as they could toward the glimmer they knew to be Usagi, calling her name.
The the bottom of the structure, they paused for a breath before taking on the stairs. A few small rocks fell from above. Looking up, the steps seemed to continue for an eternity. They couldn't see the top, nor Usagi anymore. In their eyes, the steps simply went on forever, even after they were smaller than a speck high above.
Despite this, they leaped (or flew) up the steps as fast as possible. But it seemed that the faster they ran, the higher the building grew. Mars' brow was furrowed; she could sense the overwhelming presence of evil everywhere and knew something bad was about to happen. Jupiter and Saturn were weak, but they struggled onward. Determination shone in everyone's eyes.
A crumbling sound grew increasingly louder. Suddenly, the huge dragons on either side broke free from their stone prison and came to life. They glared down at the speechless senshi with death in their eyes.
"Power up!" yelled Goku as the Z senshi were surrounded by white kis. [AN: Not yet SSJ, and Bulma's off to the side here.]
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
"Ka-me-ha-me-ha!"
"Jupiter oak evolution!"
"Makkenkosappo!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Final flash!"
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody"
Everyone's attacks were either avoided or bounced harmlessly off the dragons' armor. If possible, the twins smirked. Then, with devilish glows in their eyes, they struck with mighty claws and powerful beaks. [AN: I think dragons usually have some type of strong mouth piece. I called it a beak, but I'm not sure that's right.]
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Cosmos painfully watched the battle. Did she know them? She did, but how?
Suddenly it all came back to her. Every name, every face. The memories came flooding back into her mind and everything clicked.
'Rei, Ami, Makoto, Minako, Hotaru, Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, Tien, Yamcha, Piccolo, 17. My senshi and my dear friends. Out of their free will, they volunteered to help me, and now they will selflessly give their lives for me.' Cosmos' face hardened, and she felt the evil bindings holding her tightly. 'No, I can't let that happen. No, they are my friends. I need them. They need me!'
With an amazing burst of light and power, she broke free from the dark bindings. Without wasting a second, she grabbed her staff and flew down the steps, reaching a speed not even known to a Super Saiyin.
She saw her friends being battered and immediately leapt into the sky above the dragons to perform her famous finishing move.
"Starlight... Honeymoon... Therapy... --"
Enough, my pets. A cold, icy voice sliced through the sounds of battle. But whether it was really a voice, or rather something that invaded the mind, no one was sure. Mars grabbed her head, as if in pain, at the pure evil in it.
But the dragons obeyed. Without a glance back at the senshi, they returned to their original positions and hardened into stone. Cosmos also stopped her attack in the middle, as though someone had commanded her as well. She leapt down amongst her senshi, whose faces showed their relief. They faced the building in fighting stances. Malicious laughter sliced through the air.
Everyone blinked and suddenly the top of the building was only one flight above them. [AN: They are on a landing, a flat area, between flights of steps. They now suddenly have only one flight, or set, of steps between them and the top with the columns, etc. Make any sense?] Something stirred in the shadows.
"Well well well." The voice seemed more 'solid'. Though it was no less cold or icy, it was a true voice with sound this time.
They made out the outline of a figure emerging from the shadows. They could make out a devious smirk on the face, but the eyes were still covered by shadow.
"Sailor Cosmos."
It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"Or should I say the Kanshisha no Hikari?"
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AN: How many times did I use evil / darkness? Too many to count. Sorry bout that.
Next time you may want to brush up on your Japanese. For example: colors
kuroi= black
shiro= white
I'm trying to gradually incorporate more Japanese into my fics, if you're wondering.
Thank you again for the attacks, they may come back later.
I'll get the next chapter up ASAP. Domo arigato to all my loyal reviewer, you really keep me going. Thank you so much!
Until next time, Ja ne!
~Calli-chan
Domo arigato to CJ-Chan, krystalcat, LadyD, ScorpioNightShadow, Spooky Fyre, konekochan_hime, and everyone else who read. You are the best!!!
Sorry about the battle scene in this. Thank you everyone for your help (it made it better than it was), but I'm just not too good with battles.
"..." is talking, '...' is thought, [...] is AN, (...) is extra info but part of the fic, ... means trailed off, -- means interrupted. Onto the fic!
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They reappeared in a flash. The ground was hard and sand-like and black. The sky was colorless, a dark gray. It did not look too different from the planets it had conquered and consumed, but it was much worse, much more evil. The very air seemed to pulse negative energy.
Everyone was tense. All knew that they were in the presence of evil in its purest form. All were nervous, to say the least.
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"What did you mean back there?" said Bulma addressing Saturn, though it was hard to tell if she really wanted to know or if she just wanted to talk to ease her nerves. "What did you mean by 'who will conquer'?"
Saturn sighed. "For all eternity, the constant battle between light and darkness rages on. Often the two are in Balance, with equal light and darkness, day and night, good and evil. The Darkness is not evil naturally, but the evil in human hearts and the hearts of countless other species has fueled the Darkness and now it seems as though it can only be evil. It tries to topple the delicate Balance, and the Light tries to restrain it. For countless centuries it has been this way, but the people are becoming evil. The Darkness is too strong. I fear that this may be the climax and possibly the end of the struggle."
Bulma, for once, seemed unable to understand. "It is a difficult concept to grasp," said Saturn in reply to her confused expression [AN: which was a new look for Bulma] "and even harder to explain with words."
"But what *would* happen if the Darkness won?" asked Goku.
"The Balance would be completely lost and all would be chaos." [AN: Not Chaos, but chaos as in no order, confusion, etc. Think of what many myths say the universe was before things were made.]
Jupiter shivered at the thought. "And how does this concern Usa?" asked Seventeen, almost defensively.
"Cosmos is the Guardian of Light," replied Saturn. "The Darkness will try to possess her and use her to destroy the Balance completely and begin its reign of terror. The Balance is already on the edge. Already the Darkness has consumed stars and planets and even solar systems and galaxies. We can only hope that Cosmos can resist the Darkness and we will find her in time to help stop it, or all will be lost."
Jupiter shuddered again. "Let's get moving."
They ran and ran. Bulma had trouble keeping up, so Trunks carried her (Vegeta refused to carry "the onna who showed up when it wasn't her business").
Slowly the landscape began to change. Vegetation was, as always, nonexistent, but the land itself, though still flat, seemed to be gradually sloping upwards. Eventually, the flat land seemed to end and they were forced to stop at the foot of a steep hill.
They attempted to climb it on foot, but in the end the Z fighters flew, helping the Sailor Senshi along. Panting, they reached the top of the hill. Correction, plateau. The land at the top was flat and stretched for many miles from end to end. In the center sat an enormous building made entirely of black marble. Countless steps climbed to the entrance of the building. Majestic black pillars stood tall at the top of the stairs. [AN: Think Greek. Parthenon. Acropolis. etc] Twin stone dragons sat on pedestals on either side of the stairs, glaring down and guarding the building.
At the top of the stairs, at the foot of a pillar, lay a single glimmer of light...
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Cosmos stirred as she heard voices in the distance. They seemed familiar, but she couldn't say from where. They were calling something. Usagi, was it? Who was Usagi?
With effort she opened her eyes, and her vision cam into focus. She was bound to a pillar, held in place by some dark force. The black "chain" (though it was more of a strip of pulsating Darkness) circled her, across her stomach and arms, and kept her back against the pillar. It seemed to radiate evil energy.
A group of people were running (or was it flying?), heading towards the bottom of the huge building.
They seemed somehow familiar, but Cosmos' mind was still in a haze.
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The Sailors and Z senshi ran as fast as they could toward the glimmer they knew to be Usagi, calling her name.
The the bottom of the structure, they paused for a breath before taking on the stairs. A few small rocks fell from above. Looking up, the steps seemed to continue for an eternity. They couldn't see the top, nor Usagi anymore. In their eyes, the steps simply went on forever, even after they were smaller than a speck high above.
Despite this, they leaped (or flew) up the steps as fast as possible. But it seemed that the faster they ran, the higher the building grew. Mars' brow was furrowed; she could sense the overwhelming presence of evil everywhere and knew something bad was about to happen. Jupiter and Saturn were weak, but they struggled onward. Determination shone in everyone's eyes.
A crumbling sound grew increasingly louder. Suddenly, the huge dragons on either side broke free from their stone prison and came to life. They glared down at the speechless senshi with death in their eyes.
"Power up!" yelled Goku as the Z senshi were surrounded by white kis. [AN: Not yet SSJ, and Bulma's off to the side here.]
"Mars Flame Sniper!"
"Ka-me-ha-me-ha!"
"Jupiter oak evolution!"
"Makkenkosappo!"
"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"
"Final flash!"
"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody"
Everyone's attacks were either avoided or bounced harmlessly off the dragons' armor. If possible, the twins smirked. Then, with devilish glows in their eyes, they struck with mighty claws and powerful beaks. [AN: I think dragons usually have some type of strong mouth piece. I called it a beak, but I'm not sure that's right.]
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Cosmos painfully watched the battle. Did she know them? She did, but how?
Suddenly it all came back to her. Every name, every face. The memories came flooding back into her mind and everything clicked.
'Rei, Ami, Makoto, Minako, Hotaru, Goku, Gohan, Vegeta, Trunks, Tien, Yamcha, Piccolo, 17. My senshi and my dear friends. Out of their free will, they volunteered to help me, and now they will selflessly give their lives for me.' Cosmos' face hardened, and she felt the evil bindings holding her tightly. 'No, I can't let that happen. No, they are my friends. I need them. They need me!'
With an amazing burst of light and power, she broke free from the dark bindings. Without wasting a second, she grabbed her staff and flew down the steps, reaching a speed not even known to a Super Saiyin.
She saw her friends being battered and immediately leapt into the sky above the dragons to perform her famous finishing move.
"Starlight... Honeymoon... Therapy... --"
Enough, my pets. A cold, icy voice sliced through the sounds of battle. But whether it was really a voice, or rather something that invaded the mind, no one was sure. Mars grabbed her head, as if in pain, at the pure evil in it.
But the dragons obeyed. Without a glance back at the senshi, they returned to their original positions and hardened into stone. Cosmos also stopped her attack in the middle, as though someone had commanded her as well. She leapt down amongst her senshi, whose faces showed their relief. They faced the building in fighting stances. Malicious laughter sliced through the air.
Everyone blinked and suddenly the top of the building was only one flight above them. [AN: They are on a landing, a flat area, between flights of steps. They now suddenly have only one flight, or set, of steps between them and the top with the columns, etc. Make any sense?] Something stirred in the shadows.
"Well well well." The voice seemed more 'solid'. Though it was no less cold or icy, it was a true voice with sound this time.
They made out the outline of a figure emerging from the shadows. They could make out a devious smirk on the face, but the eyes were still covered by shadow.
"Sailor Cosmos."
It wasn't a question, it was a statement.
"Or should I say the Kanshisha no Hikari?"
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AN: How many times did I use evil / darkness? Too many to count. Sorry bout that.
Next time you may want to brush up on your Japanese. For example: colors
kuroi= black
shiro= white
I'm trying to gradually incorporate more Japanese into my fics, if you're wondering.
Thank you again for the attacks, they may come back later.
I'll get the next chapter up ASAP. Domo arigato to all my loyal reviewer, you really keep me going. Thank you so much!
Until next time, Ja ne!
~Calli-chan
