Silver and Rubies By: Princess Ashley

Wow, and here's me thinking I would get a bunch of flames!!! Thanks ya'll! That makes me feel a lot better!

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Disclaimer: Nope, I don't own anything except the pairing!!! ^_^ That's a first!!! J/k, I don't own anything except a DELL computer and a LaserJet 4L printer. If ya sue me, that's all you get. Oh, and the printer doesn't print in color!!! SO THERE!!!!

Thanks to all those who reviewed!!!:

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Chapter 2: Sagacious

She walked down the stone passageways. She disappeared and reappeared many times, in different passageways, deactivating each one as she crossed it. There was the one that was used only by the Queen that she had not yet deactivated, but it was late already.

Usagi sighed as she deactivated the last one for that night. She teleported to the time gates.

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"Okay, this is it, the time warp. All I must do is take out the gate. The Genie of the time warp will be able to guard the time warp if another passage unknown was to be activated." Usagi's words echoed in the land of the clouds. She looked around, and then walked forward.

It was silent. Then.

"Don't move! Trespasser!"

Usagi didn't stop; she kept forward, walking till she saw a still figure in front of a large gate. The figure had her key looking staff pointed at Usagi. Usagi stopped when she was but a few yards in front of the unknown person.

Usagi knew who she was. She remembered her father saying that this was Sailor Pluto, one of the protectors of the Queen, and the guardian of the time gates. *This should be interesting. If she has lived so long, surely she will be at the least a challenge. * Usagi thought as she withdrew her own staff. Hers looked like that of a grim weeper, but her father had created it for her. The blade would instantly cut anything it laid even the slightest touch upon. It was black, but the blade was forever gold, matching her hair, it could never rust.

Usagi touched it to the ground, and stood in front of Pluto, who was starting to look a little unsure.

"You will not pass, trespasser!" She raised her staff. The mist cleared, and Pluto was allowed a look at the girl in front of her. Then her eyes went wide

"Serenity?" She asked, looking on to Usagi with some sort of relief and joy in her eyes, but Usagi didn't know whom Pluto thought Usagi was, but she had to finish her mission and get rid of the foolish Sailor.

Usagi raised her staff. "You will be banished from this position and will forever remain in the darkness!" Her voice was harsh and sounded almost transmitted from somewhere else, as if she was inside some sort of computer. Pluto's sounded much the same.

"What are you doing, Princess!" Pluto cried in fear.

Usagi stopped. *Princess? Someone's been drinking. * She threw the blade of her staff at Pluto, who had to block it with her own. Gold light shown at the point where Usagi's golden blade hit Pluto's staff, and her staff was instantly cut in half. The key was destroyed, and the time gate completely disappeared.

Pluto was speechless. "You.you destroyed the key to the time gates!!!! Princess! How could you!"

"I don't know who this princess you're mistaking me to be but don't worry, soon you'll be out of your lonely misery and maybe you'll see her again." Usagi raised her staff again, and then hurled it against Pluto. In an instant, Pluto screamed, fell, and was dead on the ground, pools of blood surrounded her body. She disappeared a moment later, leaving nothing but the blood soaked clouds and the essence of a storm coming on. *May her blood fall upon the sailor scouts and then they will know what has become of their weakling friend. * She thought evilly to herself, and then disappeared, her mission finished.

(AN: Sorry all you Pluto fans! But I've gotten to feel a certain dislike to her for some time now. Again I'm sorry, and if you're still reading this.I LOVE YOU!!!!)

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Usagi reappeared in the time warp, wind blowing her hair around her and leaving it to fly behind her as she flew into the space of the time warp. Being here many times, she knew the time warp just as well as the Genie of the time warp did.

"Aulley! Genie of the Time Warp!" She cried out.

"You called?"

The Genie had appeared in front of her, floating with her.

"Make sure the brat and her little friends don't access the time warp to the future. I closed the time gates but no doubt Pluto thought it might come to that. I was told she has a time key. No doubt it can take her beyond the gates and into the time warp. If it comes to that, make sure they are lost forever. If not, then I will be deeply disappointed. I will tell you if the plan comes to something different." Usagi explained, her eyes were closed and her arms were folded, a smug look on her face.

"As you wish, Madame." And she disappeared away into the time warp.

"That should be it. Now I can take my break. It takes time to deactivate ALL the passages. I'm gonna take a nap. That is if the four sisters haven't gotten into another fix like last time. Better go check it out. Rubius will know."

With that, Usagi left to Rubius' ship.

***

"Give me the brat now you bunch of pre-Madonna's!!!!" Prisma cried, hurling another attack at the scouts.

Tuxedo Mask was hiding Rini from the attacks as the scouts were all fighting to keep Prisma away from her. All the nasty comments that were being thrown at her by the woman were flaring up Venus.

"Back up you little spore! You may be the leader of the sailor scouts but you can't fight for shit!" Prisma threw another blast at Venus, who barely dodged it.

"Oh yeah!? VENUS LOVE CHAIN ENCIRCLE!!!!" Venus threw her blast at Prisma who disappeared and reappeared untouched. Venus growled.

"Team up girls! She's too strong for you individually!" Luna cried out. They caught her words and quickly formed a circle.

"Ha, that card trick is so stained! BLACK MOON SANDSTORM!!!!" She threw a new blast at the sailor scouts who scattered away, unable to continue their attacks.

Then a blast came from Rini as she started to cry. The golden creasent moon appeared on her forehead and started to emit a strange power upon Prisma. She cried out in agony as the power hit her.

***

Rubius watched as the power the small girl emitted at Prisma started to eat away at her. Prisma was screaming in utter pain and horror.

"What on earth is that!?" Usagi's voice came from behind him, she watched as Prisma started to bleed with her black blood smearing over her body, making her look like death itself.

"Apparently the girl has some strange power that we overlooked. We had better get down there before Prisma is killed."

Usagi nodded and they both disappeared.

***

They appeared in front of Prisma and Rubius sent a blast towards the girl. But Mars jumped in the way and was hit instead. She fell to the ground.

Usagi helped Prisma. "Priz, you had better get back. My father will heal you. He knows these things. Just tell him I said so. He won't bombard you." She said softly to her soul sister.

Prisma shivered and nodded, then with the little strength she had, disappeared to the Black Moon palace.

Usagi stayed behind and helped Rubius control the child. Venus took advantage of the situation and started at the newcomer. "VENUS CREASENT BEAM SMASH!!!"

It hit Usagi in the side, but it hurt her little. She threw her own blast at the ignorant excuse for a sailor scout. "MORBID FATE!!!"

It was one of her stronger attacks, and Venus fell into a heap on the ground, just as Pluto had done, blood falling around her body, but she was still alive. No doubt she wouldn't be able to fight for a while though.

The Small Lady started to cry again, and a strong attack fired up at Usagi.

Usagi tried to block it, but the Silver Crystal's energy that was contained inside her wad too much to bare, and her shields fell, but she still held on. The power started to eat away at her, but she was stronger than that. She threw off the power. Noting that her clothes were partially ripped and torn, she made not e that she would have to change later after this battle.

*So, the moon brat really does have some power on her. But where is it coming from! She's too small to be able to handle that much power without collapsing from it. That kind of energy can kill someone not prepared to handle it. Incredible!!! * Usagi thought.

Rubius seemed to be thinking the same. He cast her a worried glance to make sure she was all right. She told him her thoughts. He smirked, nodding at her.

The crying had stopped long enough for the sailor scouts to get a good look at their new enemy that had taken the place of the injured Prisma. Luna gasped, along with Artemis. She looked just like..

"Princess Serenity!!" They both exclaimed.

Usagi frowned. " I don't know who this Serenity person is, but she's starting to annoy me. So she's a princess, what? Do I look like her? Because that's just what that guardian of time said to me before I killed her."

Rini starred at Usagi in fear. "You kill Puu!?" She screamed at her.

Usagi put her hands down as if to pet the crying child. "Nothing personal, I was just following orders, Small Lady."

Rini had stopped crying. *Why do I feel like she's not going to hurt me? I feel, almost safe now that she's here. The scouts protect me, but they never really make me feel secure. I don't even feel like this around mommy. She's not going to hurt me, but she's evil. Why do I feel like I want to be around her more than mommy? * She thought

(AN: She's not a homo! Just motherly and daughterly love. Like that okay?)

Tuxedo Mask had felt Rini relax as she starred at the golden haired woman. He looked at the woman. She was beautiful. Even more beautiful than Minako. *Why does Rini relax around her? She's trying to get rid of Rini, right? Oh, this brat confuses me so much. Why must I protect her? * He almost had the heart to glare at the poor little girl who seemed to take to the evil one more than she did to any of the sailor scouts. *If that woman killed the guardian of time, why does Rini take to her so well? SHE'S RELAXING FOR GOD'S SAKE!!! *

Meanwhile, the scouts were trying to register who they were talking about. A storm had started, but Rubius and Usagi had stayed, standing side by side, at an acute angle facing the scouts side by side, arms folded.

Suddenly the rain came. Surprisingly to the scouts, it was red, and it tasted of blood. They looked at the smirking Usagi who stood above them in vengeance. She turned to Rubius.

"Maybe we should talk to father about this. That little girl has valuable energy. I want to register just how powerful that girl is." Usagi said to Rubius.

The sailor scouts heard this, and they started to tense up. Minako was starting to feel insanely jealous that they thought the girl would be more powerful than all of them. Not that she wanted to be evil. (AN: Actually, in a way she already is.^_^) She was wanted to be looked upon as stronger than any other being on the earth. That kind of jealous. (AN: yeah right.)

Rubius nodded. "I was thinking the same. Let's go."

Before they left they turned to look at the scouts, the caped man, and the little girl. "Don't think let the favor we're giving you go to you're heads." He stated.

"It won't last. We just want to give you some training time, and a few days to write you're will. If this is the best you can do, then I suggest you start training. If you think you've seen all our power, you're wrong. Once we get what we want." Usagi cast a look at Rini, " Then it's curtains for you scouts. We'll get you Small Lady. You can bet your precious mother on that."

With that, both Rubius and Usagi disappeared.

Rini felt the coldness return when Usagi and Rubius left. *Why do I feel safe around them? *

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Now, technically I don't like Rini. But this is one of the few fics that I'm going to make an exception. Ever heard the saying that red and white make pink? Well.. hehehe.. since Serenity originally had silvery white hair, and Rubius has red flaming hair, then that could very well merge to make pink hair!! I've been studying genetics. HEHEHE!!!

~Princess Ashley