Crystal Skies, by Blue Lady and Fuse Eternity

Summary: The Senshi find themselves fighting for their lives when Diamond's long lost twin brother, misled by the Wiseman, arrives at Earth with his generals for revenge.

Genre: Action/Adventure, Romance {Much to Fuse Eternity's chagrin}

Disclaimer: None of us owns Sailor Moon otherwise we would be too busy spending money buying more books and SM comics to read and therefore would not have time to write this piece of fanfiction. The characters, (at least the new ones), and plot belong to us. ~Everything else exclusively belongs to Takeuchi Naoko.~

Author's Note: Okay, this is Blue Lady. My first duo fic with Fuse Eternity! Anyways, I hope I can get F.E. to contribute more since F.E. writes way better; the only problem is that F.E. hates pairings of any kind.

Timeline: A few months after the defeat of the Dark Moon Family in Sailor Moon R.

[Prologue written by: Blue Lady]

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In a far away galaxy was a planet shrouded in eternal darkness, hence the name Dark Nemeses. The planet itself seemed to be desolate and baren, abandoned twenty years ago during the Invasion. At the north end of the ruined city of Darkena was the palace of the former rulers of Dark Nemeses, the NegaMoon Family. There didn't seem to be any sign of life anywhere on this desolate planet, but if one were to look closely, they would see a tall cloaked figure, standing one of the higher windows, staring thoughtfully into the distance.

Diomande peered out the window of the throne room, drumming his fingers impatiently against the window sill. It had been more than three fortnights since they had left to search for his brothers. He had arrived on Dark Nemeses more than half a year ago with his generals and seer from the planet of L'Kerian. Upon arrival, he hadn't been surprised to see the planet devoid of all life; and so he had decided to set up his Headquarters at his former home. He had sent out three of his generals, Chrysolite, Ionite and Rhodonite to search for the whereabouts of his lost family, namely, his twin and younger brother, Diamond and Sapphire.

Hearing footsteps behind him, he greeted his friend and the leader of the Generals, Rubellite. "What news do you bring Rubellite?" Diomande asked, no demanded, briskly, not bothering to turn and face his kneeling general. Rubellite sighed wearily, and remained kneeled on the cold floor. "None as of yet. We have not been able to locate your brothers..."

At that particular moment, the rest of Diomande's generals, Chrysolite, Rhodonite and Ionite arrived. "Prince Diomande. We have news on the whereabouts of Princes Diamond and Sapphire."

Upon hearing this, Diamande whirled around, finally facing his generals. His icy-blue eyes danced with anticipation at the news, though his glare was cold. "Where are they?"

Rhodonite glanced at the other generals before replying: "I'm afraid that they are no more, your highness."

"WHAT?!" Diomande's voice was loud, and filled with anger, as he glared at each of his generals in turn, eyes blazing with fury. "EXPLAIN!" He barked loudly, positively seething with anger and both hands curled up into fists by his side.

His general cringed slightly at this, but his head remained bowed.

Forcing himself to calm down, Diomande said in a quieter voice, "How did this happen?"

"While we were doing a search of a planet known as Earth, we made contact with an individual known as Wiseman. He claims that he was with your brothers during their last minutes. It appears that they were brutally slaughtered by a group of witches known as the Sailor Scouts during a fierce battle."

Diomande slammed his fist against the wall. "The only family I had left, and I'm too late to save them." he said angrily, more to himself then the other people in the room.

He turned back the his generals, "We will set out for Earth as soon as possible, and then I shall have my revenge for the deaths of my brothers.

I'll make sure the Sailor Scouts pay dearly for this." Diomande's voice was a bare whisper, filled with the cold fury and menace that shone in his eyes as well; his generals exchanged a knowing nod and swept wordlessly out of the room, to make preparations.

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I know this is short - I usually write longer, but as I mentioned in my other fanfic's I got this mysterious case of a semi-writer's block in which my ability to write anything worth reading and long is a bit impaired. Seriously now, tell me, err..um..US what you think.

Next chapter will be written by: Fuse Eternity

REVIEW! Damnit REVIEW! lol. Or else we won't get the first chapter up, and mark my words no one wants that to happen! Sailor Moon-y goodness to come.