Angel: Another chapter for you all.
Sage: Goodie.
Yaten: Not much more to go.
Duo: Keep reviewing.
Angel: Enjoy!
"Why didn't Hotaru tell me?" Serena asked softly as the light faded. Tears were falling down her cheeks rapidly.
Luna looked at her with sad eyes, "Let me finished the rest of the story."
Artimis nodded, "Though I'll take over, Luna." He sighed, "About a hundred years before all the scouts were revived, Akuma once again woke. Saturn was summoned to life again for a grand battle. They both knew that the battle would be the most challenging and desperate fight in history.."
Kakuya interrupted, "Then why hasn't anyone heard about it before?"
"Good point." Haruka spoke for the first time since the story had begun.
"Hm. It is isn't it?" Artimis murmured, "let me finish the story and then I'll tell you." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "the fight was hard and long, Saturn and Akuma looked like death was about to take them both.
And Akuma had also summoned help. He called the inner senshi to his aid and sent them on Saturn, making the odds seem in his favor. They very much were.
Saturn fought with passion, courage, and mind, body, and soul. She did something amazing, for she fought, not for revenge, but for peace, love and future triumphed.
It was a hard fight for her and she didn't seem like she would win, but then standing atop the ruins of their battle on Earth's second moon she let her glaive fall and destroy Akuma's evil all together.
"Earth had another moon?" Lita asked.
"Yes." Setsuna said quietly, "It was the planet that Queen Contessa rules. She was Queen Serenity's youngest sister."
"Anywase." Luna said, "Saturn called on the powers of the shadows and the very essence, the core, of the universe. She took power from every galaxy, moon, and star, every life force, every being alive and brought together.
With the final release of that power she called out an incantation, "Alamas leviousous regarda takara rekken. It roughly translates to, 'for those who have suffered, cried, and cared. I do this for you. For those who have died, fought, or hid. I do this for you. For those who want peace, a bright future, and life, I do this for you. I do this for the world, for the stars, the sun and the moon. I do this all for you.'
And she brought the attack on Akuma, and the inners, 'Dark Moon Summons!' She cried and the moon exploded. In the final seconds remaining, Saturn erased the knowledge of the second moon from all those on earth, and she sent the souls of Mina, Lita, Raye, Amy, and Darien to Earth, so that the good in them might live. Akuma, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury died there, along with Saturn.
A hundred years later, Luna and I were awaken and filled in on the details by Sailor Pluto who had watched in vain from the time gates. Together, Luna and I used our power, as Lunarians to summon Saturn's soul back from the dead. She was reborn, younger then her true self, on earth a few years after the inners.
We were so relieved when Darien and inners showed no signs of evil. We thought Saturn had conquered the utmost evil from the universe. But our happiness was short lived. Once Beryl came and took Darien over, she released the part of him that had been destroyed. Akuma started to rejuvenate without Darien knowing, and day-by-day it killed him. The inners were also slowly being drained of good power and replaced by evil. That was Beryl's true purpose, though she didn't know it, to revive the evil beings in them.
Everyone in the room was silent. Lita finally spoke, "Then why am I here now? Good again?"
"Jupiter is a planet from the Outer system." Luna said softly. "Because of that, your mission to protect overpowered the evilness and rid you of it, leaving Lita instead of that "red" colored name like the inners are using."
"Why Hotaru didn't tell you." Setsuna sighed, "Was because I didn't let her have her memories of that until the night you came to her doorstep. She'd had had no idea until then. No way of knowing. I'm not sure she totally remembers now, either. So don't blame her."
Serena was ashen white and was sobbing against Seiya's chest. Haruka and Michiru looked distant, as if dreaming. Taiki, Galexia, and Kakuya sat quietly, digesting the information. While Setsuna, Luna, and Artimis looked sadly at any where but their princess. The others just watched.
"The final chapter in the Silver Millennium is unraveling. After the upcoming battle, the end will finally come. We must be ready." Serena's voice was soft and distant as she dried her tears. "I won't let Hotaru be the one to sacrifice herself or to bear the pain alone. She's my friend and I won't let her die alone."
Sage: Goodie.
Yaten: Not much more to go.
Duo: Keep reviewing.
Angel: Enjoy!
"Why didn't Hotaru tell me?" Serena asked softly as the light faded. Tears were falling down her cheeks rapidly.
Luna looked at her with sad eyes, "Let me finished the rest of the story."
Artimis nodded, "Though I'll take over, Luna." He sighed, "About a hundred years before all the scouts were revived, Akuma once again woke. Saturn was summoned to life again for a grand battle. They both knew that the battle would be the most challenging and desperate fight in history.."
Kakuya interrupted, "Then why hasn't anyone heard about it before?"
"Good point." Haruka spoke for the first time since the story had begun.
"Hm. It is isn't it?" Artimis murmured, "let me finish the story and then I'll tell you." He closed his eyes and took a deep breath, "the fight was hard and long, Saturn and Akuma looked like death was about to take them both.
And Akuma had also summoned help. He called the inner senshi to his aid and sent them on Saturn, making the odds seem in his favor. They very much were.
Saturn fought with passion, courage, and mind, body, and soul. She did something amazing, for she fought, not for revenge, but for peace, love and future triumphed.
It was a hard fight for her and she didn't seem like she would win, but then standing atop the ruins of their battle on Earth's second moon she let her glaive fall and destroy Akuma's evil all together.
"Earth had another moon?" Lita asked.
"Yes." Setsuna said quietly, "It was the planet that Queen Contessa rules. She was Queen Serenity's youngest sister."
"Anywase." Luna said, "Saturn called on the powers of the shadows and the very essence, the core, of the universe. She took power from every galaxy, moon, and star, every life force, every being alive and brought together.
With the final release of that power she called out an incantation, "Alamas leviousous regarda takara rekken. It roughly translates to, 'for those who have suffered, cried, and cared. I do this for you. For those who have died, fought, or hid. I do this for you. For those who want peace, a bright future, and life, I do this for you. I do this for the world, for the stars, the sun and the moon. I do this all for you.'
And she brought the attack on Akuma, and the inners, 'Dark Moon Summons!' She cried and the moon exploded. In the final seconds remaining, Saturn erased the knowledge of the second moon from all those on earth, and she sent the souls of Mina, Lita, Raye, Amy, and Darien to Earth, so that the good in them might live. Akuma, Venus, Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury died there, along with Saturn.
A hundred years later, Luna and I were awaken and filled in on the details by Sailor Pluto who had watched in vain from the time gates. Together, Luna and I used our power, as Lunarians to summon Saturn's soul back from the dead. She was reborn, younger then her true self, on earth a few years after the inners.
We were so relieved when Darien and inners showed no signs of evil. We thought Saturn had conquered the utmost evil from the universe. But our happiness was short lived. Once Beryl came and took Darien over, she released the part of him that had been destroyed. Akuma started to rejuvenate without Darien knowing, and day-by-day it killed him. The inners were also slowly being drained of good power and replaced by evil. That was Beryl's true purpose, though she didn't know it, to revive the evil beings in them.
Everyone in the room was silent. Lita finally spoke, "Then why am I here now? Good again?"
"Jupiter is a planet from the Outer system." Luna said softly. "Because of that, your mission to protect overpowered the evilness and rid you of it, leaving Lita instead of that "red" colored name like the inners are using."
"Why Hotaru didn't tell you." Setsuna sighed, "Was because I didn't let her have her memories of that until the night you came to her doorstep. She'd had had no idea until then. No way of knowing. I'm not sure she totally remembers now, either. So don't blame her."
Serena was ashen white and was sobbing against Seiya's chest. Haruka and Michiru looked distant, as if dreaming. Taiki, Galexia, and Kakuya sat quietly, digesting the information. While Setsuna, Luna, and Artimis looked sadly at any where but their princess. The others just watched.
"The final chapter in the Silver Millennium is unraveling. After the upcoming battle, the end will finally come. We must be ready." Serena's voice was soft and distant as she dried her tears. "I won't let Hotaru be the one to sacrifice herself or to bear the pain alone. She's my friend and I won't let her die alone."