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Author's Note: Wow! You guys are amazing! I can't believe you guys are so patient with me :'( Sorry for taking so long to write. I know, I know, it's surprising that I finished the story when you least expected it. You thought it'd take me another year to finish but I surprised you, didn't I? ;)
P.S. In this story, when I say Amy, it means Ingelia. Ingelia=Amy Amy=Ingelia. Got it?
P.P.S.: '...' means thoughts.
Serena put up her hands in a defense-like action. "How are we supposed to know? It's all a myth, I think." She turned to Amy.
Amy just nodded eagerly. "It's pretty unclear how it all came about but it was thought that-" Ingelia took a sip of her orange juice to stall some time to think of a good excuse. She wasn't about to reveal the truth about how technology started going backwards instead of forwards. "As I was saying. It was thought that the technology started growing so advanced that a time machine was soon introduced into the black market. Of course, it was so easy to change the future with every simple move made in the past and quite hard to fix it. The government banned time machines but it was no use. The last resource was to ban all technology and that's the story that I was told."
'Wow. Sailor Pluto's power combined into a machine,' Serena thought in awe. ' I wonder if it's true. It does sorta sound believable. I really should listen more in class... when the teacher's talking about stuff like this anyway.'
Heero listened to Amy's explanation carefully. 'If this is true, I don't know whether banning of technology is a good thing or a bad thing. Changing the future with a machine sounds pretty dangerous. On the other hand, our whole entire society might be destroyed because of a time machine. We better be on the look-out for those pesky gadgets on the black market.'
After the temporary amount of shock had invaded his system, Quatre asked, "Why wasn't this recorded? When they banned technology, did they ban a piece of paper and a pencil too? If something like that were to happen, I'd want to record it so future generations wouldn't make the same mistake."
Amy just shrugged and gave him a smile. 'I can't believe they're actually believing me,' she smirked on the inside. "I don't have an explanation to that. After all, I didn't even even know this AC stuff existed. The theory given on how the colonies were destroyed is just well... a theory."
"Then how did you two get here? You just hinted that you have no time machines where you're from." Trowa had somehow managed to ask the one million dollar question.
Amy and Serena exchanged looks. Should they reveal to the gundam boys about being sailor scouts? The boys were already suspicious enough as it was. Serena took a deep breath and looked away from Amy. "We're sailor scouts."
"You guys are sailors... as in people who sail on seas?," Duo asked, holding back a laugh. "No offense but you two don't look like sailors."
"NO! We're sailor scouts, destined to save the world. We are pretty soldiers. We battle the bad guys."
"Do you know that we're gundam wings? Is that why you're mocking us? Pretty soldiers? excuse me?," Duo laughed out loud. "I'm handsome but I've never heard anyone call me pretty before."
"Gundam wings?"
"You mean you DON'T know we're gundam wings?," he quickly put his hand over his mouth while everyone looked at Duo with a I'm-gonna-kill-you-for- revealing-the-secret expression.
"What are gundam wings?"
Everyone sweatdropped. "We battle the 'bad' guys. When we battle, we use big robot-like machines," murmured Wufei warily. "How do you 'sailor scouts' fight?"
"We're sort of like you... but we wear costumes and we use weapons in the element of our planet to battle the enemy," stated Amy.
Heero put his fingers through his hair and leaned forward. "Let me guess. I won't be able to find anything about you on the internet."
"We're from the future... I think," Serena looked over at Amy for a confirmation.
Amy nodded and Trowa continued to question them. "Ok, great, you're sailor scouts. You have powers that let you travel into the future?"
While the two girls proceeded to explain how they got their in the first place, the negaverse in the gundam wing time frame relentlessly pursued their plans...
~~~~~~~ a day later ~~~~~~~
"Miss Relena! A huge black cloud is destroying everything in its path! There seems to be seven mini shadows doing its every bidding! They are killing everything on the earth AND the moon and they're demanding some imperium silver crystal," cried a hysterical Sergeant.
"Okay, I will send the gundam wing boys A.S.A.P. Remain calm." She shut off the hologram and went down the hallway, knocking 5 identical bedroom doors on the way. "Wake up, it's an emergency," Relena shouted. She sounded in control but she was nervous. Dangerously so.
She sat at the end of the hallway and she glanced at each of the tousled boys as they walked out of their rooms. "Get to your gundam wings. Go to your hangers. NOW! There seems to be a big black cloud and 7 black shadows destroying everything on Earth and its moon while demanding for the imperium silver crystal. Try to stop them without being over aggressive," Relena pleaded.
They ignored the over-peaceful future leader. They headed straight out the door and on to their appropriate hangers, each getting there by different means of transportation.
Relena stood there and looked out the window, wishing she could help somehow instead of doing nothing but staying home and hoping for the best.
"I heard what happened. What you're dealing with is the negaverse. My crystal is the only one that can help you now. You underestimate its power," whispered a sleepy Serena from the doorway.
The pacifist smiled at her own reflection. "What a coincidence Serena, it's only 10 am. I thought you'd be sleeping until 2," Relena twirled around and faced Serena. "Well, since you're here and you overheard my conversation, I need you to hand over the crystal. That way, they'll leave us alone without hurting anymore innocent citizens."
"You think they'd leave you after being handed such a powerful weapon! Don't be stupid. Handing over the crystal will just make their job of destroying the Earth AND the moon easier!" Serena almost spat out these words in her anger.
"Then how do you propose to make things better?"
Serena patted her meatballs for good luck and tried to stare Relena bravely in the eye. "With Amy by my side, I can help destroy it with the power of my crystal."
Relena's mouth dropped open. "So, are you telling me this crystal actually has that much power?"
"Yes. Don't worry, I'm sure Amy will handle the plans... No, Amy and I will handle this." Serena didn't care to explain and she stalked off to Amy's room. 'Must not be a chicken, must not be chicken, I'm not gonna get killed,' the blonde tried reassuring herself. She knocked the wooden door extra hard to make sure Amy would hear it.
"Errr, uh... wait a second, I'm not dressed yet," replied a muffled voice. After a few minutes, a harassed-looking blue haired girl swung open the door. "Ok, what's wrong?"
"We're under attack by the negaverse. They want the imperium silver crystal. We have to transform into sailor scouts and help them fight the war," Serena explained in a rush.
Amy's complexion suddenly turned pale. "Maybe we shouldn't help them. It IS their war after all."
Serena was shocked, that was the only way she could describe it. Where had the nice, concerned Amy gone? "They've been extremely hospitable to us. They could have killed us for being strangers alone but they didn't. They need us and we HAVE to help them."
'Easy enough for you to say when you can ACTUALLY transform. I may be able to look like a sailor scout but I'll never be able to undergo the sailor transformation process AND the fighting act without looking fake,' Ingelia thought to herself. 'Oh well, let's see how long I can play Sailor Mercury without being discovered.' Aloud, she told Serena, "Okay, I need to wash up." The door slammed in the blonde's face.
After just staring at the door because she was so rudely treated, Serena decided to get into action. "Moon crystal power!," she shouted fiercely. In a splash of ribbons and colors rivaling fireworks, she evolved into Sailor Moon, the champion of justice.
It wasn't until another few minutes before a fully transformed Sailor Mercury appeared in the bedroom doorway. "Okay, let's kick some butt!," Amy said determinedly to Serena.
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The current colony that they were in was in complete turmoil. Random buildings were starting to crumble down. The relentless guardians of the rainbow crystal wanted the imperium silver crystal and it seemed that they would do anything they could to get it at an amazing pace. "Sailor Mercury, can you please track down where the nearest rainbow crystal is?" 'I'll just trap them into the silver crystal, just like Queen Serenity did,' Sailor Moon thought to herself.
"Sure." Ingelia got out a mini blue computer that looked pretty much the same as the real Sailor Mercury's. 'Now, let's see how stupid Serena is.' She hit some pointless buttons and then closed it. "That way," she decided, pointing west.
After half an hour of walking and an occasional person running pass them, they saw no black shadows. "Are you sure it's this way?," Sailor Moon grumbled.
"Yes, just a bit farther."
"Just a random thought but... you're not really Sailor Mercury, are you?"
Ingelia's decided to do the innocent act. "What are you talking about? Of course I'm Sailor Mercury!"
Sailor Moon didn't even bother turning her head. "The Amy I know wouldn't still be sleeping her room at ten am. She'd be up and be studying or doing something equally productive."
"Well, I was just...," Ingelia was starting to make up another lie when a deep voice interrupted them.
"It's okay, you can stop this game of charades now," Prince Diamond stepped out of a newly forming black vortex. After he stepped out, it abruptly vanished again.
Sailor Moon and Ingelia just stood there gaping at him. Finally, Serena cleared her voice and looked at him rudely. "Can you PLEASE tell me what's going on."
"Everything went wrong, that's what's going on. You were supposed to be kidnapped by Ingelia and then fall in love with me. Now that I think about it, it was a really bad plan," he frowned.
Serena nodded in agreement. "No arguments here."
"Anyways, when that didn't work, and you somehow made a vortex to this realm..."
Sailor Moon interrupted with a quiet, "I remember. I said, "I wish this never happened" right before the crystal starting acting weird and created the portal into this world. Could that be why?"
Prince Diamond surveyed the surroundings. "Most likely. You've gotta watch what you say around vortexes. They're magical places after all."
"And the fading thing? What happened there?"
He grinned sheepishly. "Actually, I did that. I was hoping those boys would blame you and I could come like a white knight to save the damsel in distress.
Serena's mood was unsettled by fellow citizens' cries for help. "Black shadow, run!" "AAAAAAhhhhhh!"
"Gotta help the gundam wing boys." Sailor Moon started running towards the screams.
Prince Diamond lifted a hand in protest and shouted, "Wait, Serena, you don't understand. Stop, you can't do this!"
"Just watch me," her voice cried out, every step decreasing the volume. Once again, friends were the top priority. Everything else could wait.
The violet eyed vixen transformed back into her old self but this time, she was wearing casual clothes. A pair of tight leather pants with a closely fitting black turtleneck sweater combined to make a sleek look. "Ingelia, follow Serena and make sure she doesn't do something too rash," commanded the prince severely.
"Yes, your majesty." She started running in an abnormal rate to catch up with Serena. 'What does the prince see in her?,' Ingelia wondered the entire way.
"Sailor Moon, wait up," she called out to the blonde. Serena was concentrating with all her power and she was ignoring everything else, even Ingelia's words.
Heedless to her commands, Sailor Moon didn't stop until she reached a black shadow. While she stared at it in awe, the thing snarled at her and it quickly released Quatre. He never had a fighting chance. He never had enough time to reach his gundam wing and without it, he had been powerless against the destructive power of the negaverse. His dead body grew limp on the ground.
Meanwhile the dark figure extended itself until it looked huge and threatening. Its squinted green eyes looked straight into her soul. "Who are you?," an echo of a voice streamed into her mind. "I feel the silver crystal. Give it to me and we'll stop."
By now, tears were flowing down Serena's cheek. She shook her head hysterically. "NO!," she screamed violently. "You killed my friend. It's called revenge! In the name of the moon, I WILL punish you."
Its evil smirk showed as it neared Sailor Moon. "How?," it retorted smoothly.
"Like THIS!," she got out her moon sceptre. "Moon Sceptre -" A body flew across and roughly slammed into her vulnerable body causing Serena to fall.
"Stop this foolishness," she hissed as the blonde's teary eyes opened wide in recognition.
She pushed Ingelia off of her. "You're the one who took Darien! I hate you!"
Ingelia just ignored her and quickly grabbed her hands. "Let's go before it kills us. I'll explain later," she huffed while they pulled each other up. "Cosmic turning teleportation!," she commanded. Seconds later, they were back with Prince Diamond.
Sailor Moon looked at Ingelia. "Does this mean you're not Darien's new girlfriend?"
He didn't bother with the question. "Listen Serena and listen carefully. Do NOT hurt the rainbow crystal guardians."
Serena still wasn't over the death of Quatre. After witnessing an enemy killing her friend, she wasn't about to pay attention to warnings from another enemy. "You just want the silver crystal too. I can't trust you anymore," she whispered bitterly.
"NO! I didn't know this was the AC era or I would have gotten you out of here earlier. You see, if you kill-" his stern words were censored out by the 7 identical amused laughs followed by sounds of lasers and guns alike going off. The other boys had gotten their gundam wings and they were now fighting the most important battle of their life.
This time, Diamond was expecting Serena to run off and save her friends. He wrapped his hands protectively over her tiny wrist. "Don't. Go," he growled menacingly.
A thump echoed as it pronounced that another gundam wing had fallen. 'Please don't let him be dead. I wouldn't be able to bear it,' Serena thought with a sob. 'What the heck is Prince Diamond talking about? Just because he doesn't care about his friends doesn't mean I don't either.' She responded to these swarming thoughts with a strong bite to Prince Diamond's hand. The power of his grip lessened with a startled cry from her captor but it was all she needed. She ran and this time, adrenaline was on her side.
"STOP!," he shouted while he tried catching up with Serena, grasping his injured hand. Ingelia followed but they couldn't catch up with her. If the distance between them and the guardians had been bigger, they could have. Unfortunately, it wasn't and it was by a fraction of a second that would ruin their chances of leaving the AC era.
"Hello, isn't it nice to see you again, child whom has the silver crystal," the one with the evil green eyes purred. Its hands reached out before Serena and picked her up in its cloudy hands. Just a little crush and Sailor Moon would be dead. "Hand it over."
Not bothering to come up with a witty comment, she whipped out her Cosmic Crescent Wand and placed the crystal from her broach into the space before anyone had time to react. She concentrated all her power on the weapon. Her eyes glazed over as the silver crystal bloomed in her vitality. Sailor Moon vaguely heard the outraged screams of Prince Diamond and a fierce pain around her waist from the squeeze of the guardian. Oh well, it was no matter to her. "Moon Healing Activation!"
Nothing happened. Time ceased to exist and she was still being held by the shadow. Even the smoke from the buildings had stopped rising into the atmosphere. Her energy didn't even feel like it had been drained like it usually did after such a powerful attack. Sailor Moon gulped and struggled, wondering what had happened.
"I don't have much time but listen to Prince Diamond, don't hurt the rainbow crystal guardians."
Serena recognized the mellow voice that seemed to be coming out of no general direction. "Sailor Pluto? You stopped time... but why?"
"It's the guardian's destiny to destroy the Earth, the moon, and anything having to do with the colonies. Without it, the moon kingdom and the Earth that you now know wouldn't have the chance to build and grow. Think Serena. Everything you've been born with, everything that makes you you will cease to exist if the AC realm isn't destroyed. You'll be messing with fate and destiny," explained the wise-as-always Sailor Pluto.
'Ingelia was lying to me after all! The AC realm wasn't destroyed because of time machines,' Serena thought angrily. "I don't care about me! I don't care as long as my friends aren't killed." she complained aloud, her mountain of emotions erupting once more.
"Oh, but they will be. Both your mothers will cease to exist. You will never be a sailor scout. You will never have met the other sailor scouts. In short, your entire future will cease to exist," Sailor Pluto sighed in exasperation.
Serena grumbled and shook her head again. "I'll give up everything for the gundam wing boys. They were nice to me even if they WERE a bit suspicious."
There was a brief pause before she continued speaking to Sailor Moon. "As the guardian of time, I suggest that you don't change an event so big in the time line. But it's your choice. I don't have the power to hold time still much longer. I will however, rewind it 2 minutes back in time. Do what you think is best. Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others."
A blinding, bright flash spell bound the world and the sudden noise of everything, even the beating of her heart, was too loud. She unsuccessfully tried to block out the words while pressing her hands firmly against her ears. "Hello, isn't it nice to see you again, child whom has the silver crystal," the familiar words with the same tone of voice greeted. Its mood instantly changed. "Hand it over."
The whole world seemed to be depending on Serena's reply and all she could hear was Sailor Pluto's words of advice, 'Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others.' She remembered her dead friend, Quatre, his friendly face quickly succeeded by the other gundam wing boys. She could have had a serious relationship with any of the gundam boys if given half the chance. All of them called out to her very heart, each demanding and offering something different. 'Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others.' She recalled all of the Sailor scouts, her parents, even her bratty brother. All the good times they had together. How ironic but she would miss the battles she had with Raye the most.
Sailor Moon took a deep breath and took out the cosmic crescent wand. She pulled the crystal out and she changed back to Serena discreetly. The remaining 4 gundam wings had stopped fighting and all the rainbow crystal guardians were watching her closely. Here came the moment of truce. She would have to decide between two sets of friends and two entirely separate worlds. Why was she the one who had to play God? Serena took another deep breath.
"Hurry up human. Hand it over," it said impatiently.
She did exactly that. She hurried it up. "Hey, Prince Diamond! CATCH!"
His palm cushioned the fall of the prized gem. "Return to the future and hand it to the scouts! Protect it with your life," Serena pleaded. She wanted to continue with murder threats if he happened to not follow her command but she wasn't given a chance because the shadow was squeezing her throat. It had noticed his affections for Serena.
"Hand it over or your girlfriend gets it," it smirked evilly, the other rainbow crystal guardians laughing in response.
Prince Diamond was tempted but he just couldn't. He knew Serena enough that he knew she would risk her own life for the crystal. No matter how much he loved her, she would never forgive him for risking the crystal... in life or in death. Besides, you could never rely on anyone from the negaverse.
He turned away from Serena, unable to bear the sight any longer. Everything would turn out right for Serena, it always did.
The prince called on the vortex. Without a word of protest, he climbed into it and disappeared with the jewel. The member of the black moon family hoped he would get it to the scouts before the wiseman found out. If he didn't, he would die because Prince Diamond was going to protect the gem with his life.
As soon as he stepped into the vortex, the gundam wings got into action. They may not have known what was happening but they knew without a doubt that the rainbow crystal guardians were the enemies. They had killed their unofficial leader, Quatre. No one killed a gundam wing boy without getting dangerously harmed themselves.
They shot unanimously at the green-eyed one first. Nothing could kill it but the lasers did give it a shock. The shadow released her and Serena would have died from the fall alone but Ingelia caught her. Now the lovely purple female knew exactly what attracted Prince Diamond to her as she held the gasping blonde... Serena's loyalty.
The gundam wings quickly started randomly shooting with machine guns and the latest technology in weaponry. They earned nothing but amused rumbles from the shadows. Even though the battle already had a winner, the real heros were distracting the guardians while Ingelia was running off with Serena as fast as she could. Like anyone else who served the Black Moon family, she held the power of control vortexes. Without that certain ability, death was surely theirs.
As Ingelia and Serena jumped into the black hole, the gundam wings fell prey to the rainbow crystal guardians. It was a good fight on the boys' part but their opponents defeated them easily... just as destiny wanted.
'Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~Author's Note~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why do I have a feeling I'm gonna get A LOT of flames for this chapter? lol. Well, I hope this made sense to you guys! Like always, PLEASE REVIEW! The epilogue will be uploaded on saturday.
Author's Note: Wow! You guys are amazing! I can't believe you guys are so patient with me :'( Sorry for taking so long to write. I know, I know, it's surprising that I finished the story when you least expected it. You thought it'd take me another year to finish but I surprised you, didn't I? ;)
P.S. In this story, when I say Amy, it means Ingelia. Ingelia=Amy Amy=Ingelia. Got it?
P.P.S.: '...' means thoughts.
Serena put up her hands in a defense-like action. "How are we supposed to know? It's all a myth, I think." She turned to Amy.
Amy just nodded eagerly. "It's pretty unclear how it all came about but it was thought that-" Ingelia took a sip of her orange juice to stall some time to think of a good excuse. She wasn't about to reveal the truth about how technology started going backwards instead of forwards. "As I was saying. It was thought that the technology started growing so advanced that a time machine was soon introduced into the black market. Of course, it was so easy to change the future with every simple move made in the past and quite hard to fix it. The government banned time machines but it was no use. The last resource was to ban all technology and that's the story that I was told."
'Wow. Sailor Pluto's power combined into a machine,' Serena thought in awe. ' I wonder if it's true. It does sorta sound believable. I really should listen more in class... when the teacher's talking about stuff like this anyway.'
Heero listened to Amy's explanation carefully. 'If this is true, I don't know whether banning of technology is a good thing or a bad thing. Changing the future with a machine sounds pretty dangerous. On the other hand, our whole entire society might be destroyed because of a time machine. We better be on the look-out for those pesky gadgets on the black market.'
After the temporary amount of shock had invaded his system, Quatre asked, "Why wasn't this recorded? When they banned technology, did they ban a piece of paper and a pencil too? If something like that were to happen, I'd want to record it so future generations wouldn't make the same mistake."
Amy just shrugged and gave him a smile. 'I can't believe they're actually believing me,' she smirked on the inside. "I don't have an explanation to that. After all, I didn't even even know this AC stuff existed. The theory given on how the colonies were destroyed is just well... a theory."
"Then how did you two get here? You just hinted that you have no time machines where you're from." Trowa had somehow managed to ask the one million dollar question.
Amy and Serena exchanged looks. Should they reveal to the gundam boys about being sailor scouts? The boys were already suspicious enough as it was. Serena took a deep breath and looked away from Amy. "We're sailor scouts."
"You guys are sailors... as in people who sail on seas?," Duo asked, holding back a laugh. "No offense but you two don't look like sailors."
"NO! We're sailor scouts, destined to save the world. We are pretty soldiers. We battle the bad guys."
"Do you know that we're gundam wings? Is that why you're mocking us? Pretty soldiers? excuse me?," Duo laughed out loud. "I'm handsome but I've never heard anyone call me pretty before."
"Gundam wings?"
"You mean you DON'T know we're gundam wings?," he quickly put his hand over his mouth while everyone looked at Duo with a I'm-gonna-kill-you-for- revealing-the-secret expression.
"What are gundam wings?"
Everyone sweatdropped. "We battle the 'bad' guys. When we battle, we use big robot-like machines," murmured Wufei warily. "How do you 'sailor scouts' fight?"
"We're sort of like you... but we wear costumes and we use weapons in the element of our planet to battle the enemy," stated Amy.
Heero put his fingers through his hair and leaned forward. "Let me guess. I won't be able to find anything about you on the internet."
"We're from the future... I think," Serena looked over at Amy for a confirmation.
Amy nodded and Trowa continued to question them. "Ok, great, you're sailor scouts. You have powers that let you travel into the future?"
While the two girls proceeded to explain how they got their in the first place, the negaverse in the gundam wing time frame relentlessly pursued their plans...
~~~~~~~ a day later ~~~~~~~
"Miss Relena! A huge black cloud is destroying everything in its path! There seems to be seven mini shadows doing its every bidding! They are killing everything on the earth AND the moon and they're demanding some imperium silver crystal," cried a hysterical Sergeant.
"Okay, I will send the gundam wing boys A.S.A.P. Remain calm." She shut off the hologram and went down the hallway, knocking 5 identical bedroom doors on the way. "Wake up, it's an emergency," Relena shouted. She sounded in control but she was nervous. Dangerously so.
She sat at the end of the hallway and she glanced at each of the tousled boys as they walked out of their rooms. "Get to your gundam wings. Go to your hangers. NOW! There seems to be a big black cloud and 7 black shadows destroying everything on Earth and its moon while demanding for the imperium silver crystal. Try to stop them without being over aggressive," Relena pleaded.
They ignored the over-peaceful future leader. They headed straight out the door and on to their appropriate hangers, each getting there by different means of transportation.
Relena stood there and looked out the window, wishing she could help somehow instead of doing nothing but staying home and hoping for the best.
"I heard what happened. What you're dealing with is the negaverse. My crystal is the only one that can help you now. You underestimate its power," whispered a sleepy Serena from the doorway.
The pacifist smiled at her own reflection. "What a coincidence Serena, it's only 10 am. I thought you'd be sleeping until 2," Relena twirled around and faced Serena. "Well, since you're here and you overheard my conversation, I need you to hand over the crystal. That way, they'll leave us alone without hurting anymore innocent citizens."
"You think they'd leave you after being handed such a powerful weapon! Don't be stupid. Handing over the crystal will just make their job of destroying the Earth AND the moon easier!" Serena almost spat out these words in her anger.
"Then how do you propose to make things better?"
Serena patted her meatballs for good luck and tried to stare Relena bravely in the eye. "With Amy by my side, I can help destroy it with the power of my crystal."
Relena's mouth dropped open. "So, are you telling me this crystal actually has that much power?"
"Yes. Don't worry, I'm sure Amy will handle the plans... No, Amy and I will handle this." Serena didn't care to explain and she stalked off to Amy's room. 'Must not be a chicken, must not be chicken, I'm not gonna get killed,' the blonde tried reassuring herself. She knocked the wooden door extra hard to make sure Amy would hear it.
"Errr, uh... wait a second, I'm not dressed yet," replied a muffled voice. After a few minutes, a harassed-looking blue haired girl swung open the door. "Ok, what's wrong?"
"We're under attack by the negaverse. They want the imperium silver crystal. We have to transform into sailor scouts and help them fight the war," Serena explained in a rush.
Amy's complexion suddenly turned pale. "Maybe we shouldn't help them. It IS their war after all."
Serena was shocked, that was the only way she could describe it. Where had the nice, concerned Amy gone? "They've been extremely hospitable to us. They could have killed us for being strangers alone but they didn't. They need us and we HAVE to help them."
'Easy enough for you to say when you can ACTUALLY transform. I may be able to look like a sailor scout but I'll never be able to undergo the sailor transformation process AND the fighting act without looking fake,' Ingelia thought to herself. 'Oh well, let's see how long I can play Sailor Mercury without being discovered.' Aloud, she told Serena, "Okay, I need to wash up." The door slammed in the blonde's face.
After just staring at the door because she was so rudely treated, Serena decided to get into action. "Moon crystal power!," she shouted fiercely. In a splash of ribbons and colors rivaling fireworks, she evolved into Sailor Moon, the champion of justice.
It wasn't until another few minutes before a fully transformed Sailor Mercury appeared in the bedroom doorway. "Okay, let's kick some butt!," Amy said determinedly to Serena.
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The current colony that they were in was in complete turmoil. Random buildings were starting to crumble down. The relentless guardians of the rainbow crystal wanted the imperium silver crystal and it seemed that they would do anything they could to get it at an amazing pace. "Sailor Mercury, can you please track down where the nearest rainbow crystal is?" 'I'll just trap them into the silver crystal, just like Queen Serenity did,' Sailor Moon thought to herself.
"Sure." Ingelia got out a mini blue computer that looked pretty much the same as the real Sailor Mercury's. 'Now, let's see how stupid Serena is.' She hit some pointless buttons and then closed it. "That way," she decided, pointing west.
After half an hour of walking and an occasional person running pass them, they saw no black shadows. "Are you sure it's this way?," Sailor Moon grumbled.
"Yes, just a bit farther."
"Just a random thought but... you're not really Sailor Mercury, are you?"
Ingelia's decided to do the innocent act. "What are you talking about? Of course I'm Sailor Mercury!"
Sailor Moon didn't even bother turning her head. "The Amy I know wouldn't still be sleeping her room at ten am. She'd be up and be studying or doing something equally productive."
"Well, I was just...," Ingelia was starting to make up another lie when a deep voice interrupted them.
"It's okay, you can stop this game of charades now," Prince Diamond stepped out of a newly forming black vortex. After he stepped out, it abruptly vanished again.
Sailor Moon and Ingelia just stood there gaping at him. Finally, Serena cleared her voice and looked at him rudely. "Can you PLEASE tell me what's going on."
"Everything went wrong, that's what's going on. You were supposed to be kidnapped by Ingelia and then fall in love with me. Now that I think about it, it was a really bad plan," he frowned.
Serena nodded in agreement. "No arguments here."
"Anyways, when that didn't work, and you somehow made a vortex to this realm..."
Sailor Moon interrupted with a quiet, "I remember. I said, "I wish this never happened" right before the crystal starting acting weird and created the portal into this world. Could that be why?"
Prince Diamond surveyed the surroundings. "Most likely. You've gotta watch what you say around vortexes. They're magical places after all."
"And the fading thing? What happened there?"
He grinned sheepishly. "Actually, I did that. I was hoping those boys would blame you and I could come like a white knight to save the damsel in distress.
Serena's mood was unsettled by fellow citizens' cries for help. "Black shadow, run!" "AAAAAAhhhhhh!"
"Gotta help the gundam wing boys." Sailor Moon started running towards the screams.
Prince Diamond lifted a hand in protest and shouted, "Wait, Serena, you don't understand. Stop, you can't do this!"
"Just watch me," her voice cried out, every step decreasing the volume. Once again, friends were the top priority. Everything else could wait.
The violet eyed vixen transformed back into her old self but this time, she was wearing casual clothes. A pair of tight leather pants with a closely fitting black turtleneck sweater combined to make a sleek look. "Ingelia, follow Serena and make sure she doesn't do something too rash," commanded the prince severely.
"Yes, your majesty." She started running in an abnormal rate to catch up with Serena. 'What does the prince see in her?,' Ingelia wondered the entire way.
"Sailor Moon, wait up," she called out to the blonde. Serena was concentrating with all her power and she was ignoring everything else, even Ingelia's words.
Heedless to her commands, Sailor Moon didn't stop until she reached a black shadow. While she stared at it in awe, the thing snarled at her and it quickly released Quatre. He never had a fighting chance. He never had enough time to reach his gundam wing and without it, he had been powerless against the destructive power of the negaverse. His dead body grew limp on the ground.
Meanwhile the dark figure extended itself until it looked huge and threatening. Its squinted green eyes looked straight into her soul. "Who are you?," an echo of a voice streamed into her mind. "I feel the silver crystal. Give it to me and we'll stop."
By now, tears were flowing down Serena's cheek. She shook her head hysterically. "NO!," she screamed violently. "You killed my friend. It's called revenge! In the name of the moon, I WILL punish you."
Its evil smirk showed as it neared Sailor Moon. "How?," it retorted smoothly.
"Like THIS!," she got out her moon sceptre. "Moon Sceptre -" A body flew across and roughly slammed into her vulnerable body causing Serena to fall.
"Stop this foolishness," she hissed as the blonde's teary eyes opened wide in recognition.
She pushed Ingelia off of her. "You're the one who took Darien! I hate you!"
Ingelia just ignored her and quickly grabbed her hands. "Let's go before it kills us. I'll explain later," she huffed while they pulled each other up. "Cosmic turning teleportation!," she commanded. Seconds later, they were back with Prince Diamond.
Sailor Moon looked at Ingelia. "Does this mean you're not Darien's new girlfriend?"
He didn't bother with the question. "Listen Serena and listen carefully. Do NOT hurt the rainbow crystal guardians."
Serena still wasn't over the death of Quatre. After witnessing an enemy killing her friend, she wasn't about to pay attention to warnings from another enemy. "You just want the silver crystal too. I can't trust you anymore," she whispered bitterly.
"NO! I didn't know this was the AC era or I would have gotten you out of here earlier. You see, if you kill-" his stern words were censored out by the 7 identical amused laughs followed by sounds of lasers and guns alike going off. The other boys had gotten their gundam wings and they were now fighting the most important battle of their life.
This time, Diamond was expecting Serena to run off and save her friends. He wrapped his hands protectively over her tiny wrist. "Don't. Go," he growled menacingly.
A thump echoed as it pronounced that another gundam wing had fallen. 'Please don't let him be dead. I wouldn't be able to bear it,' Serena thought with a sob. 'What the heck is Prince Diamond talking about? Just because he doesn't care about his friends doesn't mean I don't either.' She responded to these swarming thoughts with a strong bite to Prince Diamond's hand. The power of his grip lessened with a startled cry from her captor but it was all she needed. She ran and this time, adrenaline was on her side.
"STOP!," he shouted while he tried catching up with Serena, grasping his injured hand. Ingelia followed but they couldn't catch up with her. If the distance between them and the guardians had been bigger, they could have. Unfortunately, it wasn't and it was by a fraction of a second that would ruin their chances of leaving the AC era.
"Hello, isn't it nice to see you again, child whom has the silver crystal," the one with the evil green eyes purred. Its hands reached out before Serena and picked her up in its cloudy hands. Just a little crush and Sailor Moon would be dead. "Hand it over."
Not bothering to come up with a witty comment, she whipped out her Cosmic Crescent Wand and placed the crystal from her broach into the space before anyone had time to react. She concentrated all her power on the weapon. Her eyes glazed over as the silver crystal bloomed in her vitality. Sailor Moon vaguely heard the outraged screams of Prince Diamond and a fierce pain around her waist from the squeeze of the guardian. Oh well, it was no matter to her. "Moon Healing Activation!"
Nothing happened. Time ceased to exist and she was still being held by the shadow. Even the smoke from the buildings had stopped rising into the atmosphere. Her energy didn't even feel like it had been drained like it usually did after such a powerful attack. Sailor Moon gulped and struggled, wondering what had happened.
"I don't have much time but listen to Prince Diamond, don't hurt the rainbow crystal guardians."
Serena recognized the mellow voice that seemed to be coming out of no general direction. "Sailor Pluto? You stopped time... but why?"
"It's the guardian's destiny to destroy the Earth, the moon, and anything having to do with the colonies. Without it, the moon kingdom and the Earth that you now know wouldn't have the chance to build and grow. Think Serena. Everything you've been born with, everything that makes you you will cease to exist if the AC realm isn't destroyed. You'll be messing with fate and destiny," explained the wise-as-always Sailor Pluto.
'Ingelia was lying to me after all! The AC realm wasn't destroyed because of time machines,' Serena thought angrily. "I don't care about me! I don't care as long as my friends aren't killed." she complained aloud, her mountain of emotions erupting once more.
"Oh, but they will be. Both your mothers will cease to exist. You will never be a sailor scout. You will never have met the other sailor scouts. In short, your entire future will cease to exist," Sailor Pluto sighed in exasperation.
Serena grumbled and shook her head again. "I'll give up everything for the gundam wing boys. They were nice to me even if they WERE a bit suspicious."
There was a brief pause before she continued speaking to Sailor Moon. "As the guardian of time, I suggest that you don't change an event so big in the time line. But it's your choice. I don't have the power to hold time still much longer. I will however, rewind it 2 minutes back in time. Do what you think is best. Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others."
A blinding, bright flash spell bound the world and the sudden noise of everything, even the beating of her heart, was too loud. She unsuccessfully tried to block out the words while pressing her hands firmly against her ears. "Hello, isn't it nice to see you again, child whom has the silver crystal," the familiar words with the same tone of voice greeted. Its mood instantly changed. "Hand it over."
The whole world seemed to be depending on Serena's reply and all she could hear was Sailor Pluto's words of advice, 'Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others.' She remembered her dead friend, Quatre, his friendly face quickly succeeded by the other gundam wing boys. She could have had a serious relationship with any of the gundam boys if given half the chance. All of them called out to her very heart, each demanding and offering something different. 'Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others.' She recalled all of the Sailor scouts, her parents, even her bratty brother. All the good times they had together. How ironic but she would miss the battles she had with Raye the most.
Sailor Moon took a deep breath and took out the cosmic crescent wand. She pulled the crystal out and she changed back to Serena discreetly. The remaining 4 gundam wings had stopped fighting and all the rainbow crystal guardians were watching her closely. Here came the moment of truce. She would have to decide between two sets of friends and two entirely separate worlds. Why was she the one who had to play God? Serena took another deep breath.
"Hurry up human. Hand it over," it said impatiently.
She did exactly that. She hurried it up. "Hey, Prince Diamond! CATCH!"
His palm cushioned the fall of the prized gem. "Return to the future and hand it to the scouts! Protect it with your life," Serena pleaded. She wanted to continue with murder threats if he happened to not follow her command but she wasn't given a chance because the shadow was squeezing her throat. It had noticed his affections for Serena.
"Hand it over or your girlfriend gets it," it smirked evilly, the other rainbow crystal guardians laughing in response.
Prince Diamond was tempted but he just couldn't. He knew Serena enough that he knew she would risk her own life for the crystal. No matter how much he loved her, she would never forgive him for risking the crystal... in life or in death. Besides, you could never rely on anyone from the negaverse.
He turned away from Serena, unable to bear the sight any longer. Everything would turn out right for Serena, it always did.
The prince called on the vortex. Without a word of protest, he climbed into it and disappeared with the jewel. The member of the black moon family hoped he would get it to the scouts before the wiseman found out. If he didn't, he would die because Prince Diamond was going to protect the gem with his life.
As soon as he stepped into the vortex, the gundam wings got into action. They may not have known what was happening but they knew without a doubt that the rainbow crystal guardians were the enemies. They had killed their unofficial leader, Quatre. No one killed a gundam wing boy without getting dangerously harmed themselves.
They shot unanimously at the green-eyed one first. Nothing could kill it but the lasers did give it a shock. The shadow released her and Serena would have died from the fall alone but Ingelia caught her. Now the lovely purple female knew exactly what attracted Prince Diamond to her as she held the gasping blonde... Serena's loyalty.
The gundam wings quickly started randomly shooting with machine guns and the latest technology in weaponry. They earned nothing but amused rumbles from the shadows. Even though the battle already had a winner, the real heros were distracting the guardians while Ingelia was running off with Serena as fast as she could. Like anyone else who served the Black Moon family, she held the power of control vortexes. Without that certain ability, death was surely theirs.
As Ingelia and Serena jumped into the black hole, the gundam wings fell prey to the rainbow crystal guardians. It was a good fight on the boys' part but their opponents defeated them easily... just as destiny wanted.
'Remember, sometimes you must sacrifice some to save others.'
~~~~~~~~~~~~Author's Note~~~~~~~~~~~~
Why do I have a feeling I'm gonna get A LOT of flames for this chapter? lol. Well, I hope this made sense to you guys! Like always, PLEASE REVIEW! The epilogue will be uploaded on saturday.