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Chapter 5/Desention in the ranks
Rei came through the portal.
"Rei, back so soon," asked Setsuna.
"There's trouble!"
"What kind of trouble," Setsuna asked worriedly.
"Setsuna, what's supposed to happen to our enemy, after they've been defeated," Rei asked inquiringly.
"Well, they're locked away for eternity. Why?"
"Well, while I was in the other dimension, let's just say every enemy we have faced, even Galaxia and Chaos, are there."
"Rei, did I hear you right," asked Haruka. "The NegaVerse has risen again?"
"Yeah, Haruka you heard me."
"Setsuna, can you get us there?" Haruka asked demandingly
"Yes."
"Then make it so. Michiru, call the others" Haruka ordered.
"Right," Michiru responded hastily.
Needless to say, the senshi arrived one by one, including Marmoru, Luna, and Artemis. Rei laid it all down for them about the NegaVerse's rebirth.
"Do you think we can defeat them all of them all over again," asked Ami. "Well, we've lost the Starlights and we've just come off a battle, I'd say the odds are looking slim. However, we've never backed down from a fight and we're not coming back until we beat them. Is that clear," Haruka said taking a leadership role. (A/N: I know Haruka is the leader of the Outer Senshi, and Minako is the leader of the Inner Senshi.) "Setsuna is the portal ready?"
"Yes. It will take us directly to where Rei left."
Without a second thought, the senshi walked through the portal, coming out exactly where Setsuna had said they would. Heero was still in his room and greeted them with a gun stuck in their faces.
"Heero, relax it's the people I was telling you and the guys about," Rei said in a panic, hoping Heero wouldn't shoot first and ask questions later. Heero still stood his ground.
"Come, I'll take you to the others," Heero said in a low tone.
As the Senshi came down the stairs, Wufei nearly fell over to see the female warriors in short fukus.
"Guys, these are the warriors who say they can defeat this " Nega Verse" Heero said walking over to a corner of the room as he crossing his arms.
"They look weak too me."
"Ignore him. He's got some issues with women," Duo said as he walked up to Haruka admiring her long stemmed legs. "He doesn't cope well with women stronger then he is" Rei said smugly.
"You want to start where we left off, woman," Wufei snarled, tensed and ready.
"Anytime you're ready," Rei challenged back heatedly, tossing her hair over her shoulder in a challenging gesture.
"Hey, cut it out you two," Milliardo/Zechs demanded. "So, which one of you is in charge?"
"We are," said Haruka while pointing at Minako.
"Well, we have a lot to brief you on before you go do whatever it is that you are going to do" he said almost sarcastically.
"Of course, Setsuna, I would like for you to come along. Ami, you too would be very helpful." "Rei, why don't you find a sacred fire somewhere and try a fire reading." "You guys do have a temple or something around here like that?" Haruka asked.
"We do indeed," said Quatre
"Who is "we", Winner? I do, but you guys don't."
"Yeah, but I had it built for you, Wufei"
"Wufei!!!!" Zechs warned.
"Fine!"
Rei, Haruka, Ami, Setsuna, Wufei, Heero, and Zechs went to the Ready Room, while the other senshi stayed behind to try to rest up.
Duo watched as Haruka and her legs retreated to the ready room. Michiru was fuming as she watched Duo eyes wonder over what was hers, but decided to keep cool because they would be out of there soon she hoped.
In the ready room, Haruka, Setsuna, Ami looked at the surveillance video taken by the Gundam mobile suits.
"They attack more like a wolf pack then they use to," said Haruka.
"And they're more aggressive," Ami added.
Setsuna gazed at the screen, having an almost horrified look in her eyes. She didn't even notice when Haruka called her name three times. Ami touched Setsuna's shoulder and she quickly regained her composure.
"Setsuna, don't tell me this surprises you. I mean, you are the Senshi of Time. You did know this was going to happen," Haruka asked.
"Of course I did, otherwise we wouldn't be here, right," Setsuna covered up hastily, not wanting the others to doubt her.
Ami and Haruka nodded
However, Rei had her doubts as well as Zechs while Heero responded with .."Hn"
"Rei, why don't you get to that fire reading?"
"Alright, if someone would show me the way, I'd be happy too," she said while gesturing toward Wufei.
"This way," Wufei said through his gritted teeth.
"So that's Rei's brother?" Ami said wonderingly.
Zechs looked up at that point "What do you mean he's her brother?"
"Rei and Wufei are twins." Setsuna explained the story to Zechs and Heero.
"Well, that definitely explains the hostility toward each other. Heero, why don't you show these young ladies what we've been using against the youmas," Zechs suggested.
"Do you talk?" Minko asked Heero. Heero just turned away walking away to a huge door. Zechs stepped in "Umm he's mute."
"Oh"
Heero pressed the access panel on the wall to where they stored the Gundams.
"Aren't you going, Setsuna?"
"I've already seen what your machines of destruction can do."
"That's right, you can see into other dimensions."
"Yes, so I know what kind of person you are Zechs, all of you."
"You know nothing about me!"
"I do know you fought meaningless battles" she replied meekly
"I never fought a meaningless battle!"
"If I remember correctly, you and Heero fought at the South Pole, Heavy Arms and Tallgeese I, when Relena discovered you were her older brother. You do remember that, don't you? My question is why were you fighting, if the both of you were fighting for the colonies at that point in time?" Setsuna mused pointedly.
"I just wanted peace," Zechs defended himself softly.
"Peace. Oz, you and Libra, and the Gundam pilots had your own way of achieving peace. Gundams attack Earth and Oz. The colonies denounce the Gundams as allies. The Trieze faction gets formed; you attack Earth with Libra, which kills thousands, maybe even millions of people. The only thing in your way of destroying Earth completely was Trieze and the Gundams," Setsuna responded back heatedly.
"Trieze and Oz were the cause of everything that happened. As an Oz soldier, he knew that Earth was oppressive toward the colonies," Zechs shot back, fury building in his light blue eyes at Setsuna's accusations.
"Will you stop all the excuses? Stop hiding behind Trieze, a guy you served with in the Oz military, as an excuse for what you did. Like all the years you hid behind that mask. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Trieze or the Gundams, but you all were wrong in some form or fashion. However, the only people who got hurt were the ones who were in battle fighting by your sides and the innocent civilians, but there were less than seven people lost on your side, Zechs, because you used mobile dolls. That's almost smart of you to use them. Sooner or later, mobile dolls would have turned against you. That would be nice, the world being destroyed by their own creations. At least Trieze did help stop the problem; he sacrificed his life in the last battle on purpose. What did you do? Oh, that's right! You pretended to be dead because you knew you were fighting a losing battle," Setsuna continued mercilessly, her voice cold and stern.
"Okay, Setsuna, enough about me, what about you?"
"What about me?"
"At least I needed a mask to hide behind to lie and hide from the truth. However, lies just roll right off your tongue. When you lie, you're solid. You have to be a cold-hearted bitch to lie that good, especially to the ones you call friends. Yes, Setsuna, I know you lied to your friends. When you said you knew what was going to happen, you lied. You want to know how I know, because I can look right into your soul. I've learned to look past those orbs of yours and discovered you're just full of secrets. You have no clue what's going to happen. One thing I know is that when I look at you, it's like staring into a mirror, two people who are almost the same in every way, except I've embraced the darker side of myself. I faced it, even though I resisted at first. Setsuna, there is some darker side to you, which you refuse to acknowledge. Why is that," Zechs fired back icily, intent on shattering Setsuna's little charade.
Setsuna remained silent and never tore away from Zechs' still icy blue gaze. Zechs walked toward Setsuna and tucked her silky thick locks of green hair behind her ear. Their gazes never faltering, Zechs leaned his head toward Setsuna and tilted it slightly. Setsuna was trembling with uncertainty and a little fear, as she had never done before. As he got closer to Setsuna lips, which were only millimeters away from his, and Zechs was about to seal her fate, Zechs' lips moved directly toward her ear and whispered. "I was right. No one gives in this easily to a kiss from a murderer of millions of souls, unless they have something evil to hide. You want to tell other people of their faults like you have none, but we both know better so don't you dare give me the self-righteous routine. I will get to the truth about your dark side, Setsuna, just watch me," Zechs said hoarsely.
With having said that, Zechs saw a crystal tear form in the corner of her eye and wiped it with his thumb, before walking away, not feeling good or bad about what he had done. While Setsuna sat on the table, contemplating what had just happened.
Zechs caught up with the others who were going to check on Wufei and Rei. *******************************************************************
At the same time this was all happening the Usagi, listened to Relena talk about pacifism, this agitated her. Even Usagi knew the peace she talked about wasn't as easy as it's said. Makoto fell asleep after listening to Relena for so long. Hotaru, found comfort in talking to Duo who kept making her laugh.
Quatre showed Michiru his priceless violins collection. He even let her play them, since she was a skillful and soulful player.
Somewhere and Quatre's library was a person sitting at a laptop looking into the background of the mysterious female warriors. His search wasn't in vein he found everything he needed.
Serenity and Endymion
Endymion was a beautiful prince who happened to catch the eye of the moon princess Serenity. On a visit to the moon, the prince fell in love with her much to Serenity's delight. Their love was like no other...
However, this is not what the user was looking for. He scrolled down the page until the name Mars appeared.
The Planet Mars The planet of war was ruled by the Ares god of war. His wife Queen Trinity was the goddess of war. It was said that Ares fathered her two children. The princess of Mars was also known as Reiko. It's has been rumored that their son died at birth.
Reiko Reiko's parents taught and trained her to be a guardian for Princess Serenity. Before Reiko was four, she mastered all her mother's fire techniques. She still had lots to learn before she could master her parents' true power and agility. Reiko captured the hearts of many men and young men alike. Reiko may have captured many men's heart, but a lone prince on the Phobos captured hers. The feeling was mutual, but by the time, she was sixteen, her father arranged marriage, to one of Prince Eydymion's guardians: General Jadeite. Reiko didn't want to disappoint her father, so she married the General. Still this didn't stop the prince or princess from seeing each other in secret. Like any true love romance tale their love ended in tragedy, when the general caught them together. The general swore revenge on prince and his unfaithful wife and everyone who knew of this treachery. Jadeite laid low for a while hoping to catch the alliance off guard. While gone he sold his soul to Negaforce as well as his fellow Generals whose wives were also unfaithful.
The user scrolled down to the last paragraph.
The end of Silver Millenium For eons, the Negaforce loathe the Alliance. It wasn't until the Negaforce was sure they could win did they strike. They waited until Princess Serenity' and Prince Endymion wedding ceremony to take place. The generals and their "wives" stood in as bridesmaids and groomsmen. The princesses were still unaware of their husbands' discovery of infidelity in them, and were caught off guard when the Negaforce attacked as Serenity was making her way down the aisle. The general also tried to kill their wives in the process. The battle between good and evil had begun. The Negaforce and Silver Alliance where at war. The war only lasted for a couple of hours. Nobody won this war. With the firing magnitude of both sides, everyone and everything was destroyed, even the planets. The moon was the only thing remaining. It's said that as Queen Serenity was dying when she saw a vision of her daughter and lover in a beautiful palace. A palace made of crystal, protected by her friends, so with out realizing it she was using her silver imperial crystal; she wished that her vision would become reality. As the queen died, she smiled knowing that everything would be okay.
The user shutdown his computer and thought about what he had read. * The princesses who suppose to fight for love and justice were being unfaithful. That can't be right. It goes against every thing they stand behind. No, there has to be something that I'm missing. Computer technology may not have the full story or the true story unlike books that go back to the beginning. And that's where I'll start at the beginning. *
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Wufei watched Rei as she sat before the fire. He watched intensely, as the fire was close enough to burn her pale creamy white skin. Rei chanted, "Fire, water, earth, wind, heart, stars." While she chanted, her hands made symbols that were synchronized with her words. His mind had begun to surge with thoughts of her in his head, as the movements seemed so familiar. He quickly tore his gaze away and walked out of the fire room, closing the door behind him.
'I can't be in love with her, can I,' he thought. 'Why is she in my head?' Wufei ignored it decided to get his mind off her with his own meditation. First, he needed something to concentrate on, so he took an old picture of Merian his late wife. He looked at it with unblinking eyes, until the room fazed-out. Wufei found himself in what seemed to be a battle. He looked around at the lifeless bodies. He then heard distant fighting, and war cries in the background. He looked to see himself battling, a monster of some sort. He quickly destroyed it, but he couldn't elude the incoming blast so he prepared himself, but to his relief, it never came. Wufei now walked closer to his look-a-like, to see him cradling a limp body of a female. He looked at the guy that was supposedly him. He saw the pain on his face that was similar to the one when he had lost Meiran. All of a sudden the battle that was going on seem to have lost all sound except for his voice that wrenching with pain that shattered his heart "NOOOOO!!!" was all he heard himself say, but it was a faint voice, as if he was further away from the duo that he stood before. The images that were before him began to fade into a white light, until he opened his eyes to a touch of the shoulder.
"Wufei," called Haruka. "How long has she been in there?" Wufei quickly turned back into the woman hater part of his personality, saying, "Why don't you ask her," he snorted as he retrieved the picture of his wife.
"You snot nosed punk!"
Inside the fire room, Rei kept chanting, until the fire began to grow, licking hungrily at the top of the ceiling and touching the side of the walls, until it engulfed her entire body. A vision almost started until the flames turned black and began to burn through her body. Rei let out a shriek of pain, desperately trying to hold on to the vision. Rei felt herself being lifted and thrown through the double doors, with flames escaping the room. With warrior instinct, Haruka, Minako, Ami, Wufei, Heero, and Zechs dodged the flames. Rei fell to the ground as the flames retreated back to its original state. Rei stood groggily to her feet.
"What happened in there?" Minako asked making sure it was safe before she got up again.
"I don't know. It's as if something or someone was blocking my senses," Rei replied worriedly, knowing that if something could block her finely honed senses, it had to be powerful.
'Weak' "I could have done it. It's not that hard," Wufei sneered contemptuously.
"I have an idea," said Setsuna, coming around the corner. "Since you both have this ability, why don't you work together and see if you can break through. That's only if we have cooperation from the both of you."
Rei and Wufei gave the mother of all glares toward each other, which would make Heero take notes.
"Look, the quicker you do it, the quicker it will be over. Plus, it'll make us go home quicker too." With that, Wufei pulled Rei into the room.
"We'll be lucky if they don't kill each other in there first," came from everyone.
Inside Rei and Wufei sat in their respective places. They opened their eyes, never blinking, not even once. Rei began her chant again. Wufei started his own chant. Again, the flames engulfed the walls and their bodies. The force that was there before had appeared again. The flames turned on them again, but determined not to be defeated this time, instinctively Rei and Wufei lifted their hands and clasped them to one another, intertwining their fingers and forcing Rei through her vision. Seconds later, she had come through her vision.
"What a ride," Rei said in a hushed yet awed tone, her violet eyes sparkling with the memory of the exhilaration coursing through her veins during the ordeal.
"Yeah," Wufei said dazedly, slowly recovering from the rush coursing through his veins. Quickly snapping back into reality, Wufei snatched his hand from Rei's grasp, giving her a cold-hearted look. Rei's eyes filled with disappointment as he walked out.
"Rei, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Ami."
"My vision showed me where the NegaVerse will attack next."
"Is there anything else Rei? You seem troubled," Ami, said worriedly, her brow creasing as she looked at her close friend.
"It's just a feeling, an evil feeling. It's more evil than I thought possible."
"Well, what did you expect from the NegaVerse but evil," Setsuna responded.
"I suppose"
"How much time do we by before they attack?" Heero asked.
"2 hours"
"Ami, get the others."
Haruka and Ami gave each senshi their assignment.
"Usagi you go with Mamuru, Ami and Setsuna. Michiru, Minako, Makato, Hotaru, and Rei, you're with me. All right, let's move."
"Sailor Senshi Transport" The senshi disappeared.
"Well, I guess we wait," said Quatre
"Well, Luna and Artemis, tell us more about these girls, especially the one with the short hair and long legs. Duo said looking more like Minako with dreamy eyes. ******************************************************************** The senshi arrived at their destination.
"You guys know the plan, so let's split up now," Uranus commanded.
The Senshi walked around for a while.
"Mars, are you sure this is the place?" asked Uranus as they walked without seeing a single sign of anything threatening.
"I hope so, because things are about to get pretty interesting."
"Mars, what do you mean, "you hope so?"
"Uranus, I didn't say that."
"But I did," said a sly, mocking voice.
The Senshi turned to look at a woman who was wearing a golden fuku. (A/N I know Galaxia was possessed by Chaos and she was cured.)
"I'd say it is extremely interesting, wouldn't you agree, my friends," Galaxia said mockingly, one eyebrow raised.
"You have no friends here anymore." Jupiter snapped.
"Oh, I know. I was referring to them," Galaxia replied lazily, pointing to an area behind the Senshi.
The Senshi found themselves surrounded by Queen Beryl and the former Guardians of Prince Endymion, to every other enemy they had ever defeated.
"We're way out numbered!" said Sailor Moon, panic evident in her voice.
"Oh really, ya think," replied Mars and Uranus, rolling their eyes in exasperation.
"Alright, Senshi attack!"
(A/N: Let's just say in this battle the senshi got whipped.)
Pluto knew they were fighting a losing battle and used everything she had to teleport all of them out. They all fell through the portal onto a glass table. They all had bruises, cuts and gashes. Each pilot except Wufei attended to at least one of the senshi.
"Wufei at least tend to one of them," Quatre pleaded as he helped to bandage some of the girls.
Wufei sighed and muttered under his breath in frustration. He got on one knee next to Saturn and Jupiter and said, "Are you ok? Are you ok? Help somebody, help, there are onnas in need of help." (Shouldn't Wufei get the crap beat out of him right about here?) ************************************************** A day and some hours later, Haruka woke up in a foul mood remembering what had happened. "Damn that girl!!!"
"Who?" asked Zechs.
"Rei. She didn't follow orders, well not too much of the order, but her responsibility and duty to protect Usagi. It's over for her."
Haruka scanned the room to see her love and the rest of the girls battered and bruised until she came across the figure of the traitor.
Haruka walked from her bed to Rei, knocking her out of it.
"It's time you got yours, Rei!"
Haruka started with some punching sequences but, being a skillful fighter, Rei dodged and started her own attack in self-defense. A few seconds into the fight, everyone awoke to the sound of Rei and Haruka's battle. For Usagi, she woke up to the sight she had most feared.
"Shouldn't we stop them, Zechs," asked Quatre, his soft blue eyes filled with worry.
"Winner, let them fight. They might end up killing each other but it doesn't matter as long as they're gone from here. And they call themselves the saviors of the Universe," Wufei said contemptuously, snorting in derision.
Heero pulled out his gun and shot between the girls, careful to avoid hitting one of them. Heero gave them an inquiring look when they both turned to face him.
"I'm finishing off this traitor! Usagi, she didn't bother to help you when you were in trouble," Haruka snapped.
"Haruka, she might have been preoccupied like the rest of us!" Usagi said trying to stick up for Rei.
"I no longer want her to be a part of the Senshi. She goes."
"I hate to pull rank, Haruka, but that's not your decision. As long as she is loyal to the innocent we don't have a problem. Who cares if she is not loyal to me now, she has proven herself time and time again that she can be trusted."
"Usagi, how can you say that after what happened out there? She blew the plan. We would have been home by now if it wasn't for her."
Rei interrupted angrily. "What fight were you watching, because the so- called plan fell apart within a few seconds!"
"She's right, 'Ruka," said Michiru.
"Fine, we just work on another plan"
"No, we're going home"
Everyone turned their attention to the green haired older woman.
"Maybe I should relieve Setsuna of her duty instead of Rei. Setsuna, why would you say that?"
"Haruka, we had our shot. We didn't do it"
"Setsuna, why?" asked the black and white cats.
Setsuna's only response was "Love and Justice, Water, Ice, and Wisdom, and Death.
"You're right," said Luna as she digested the importance of the words Setsuna uttered. "We must leave."
"Hold on," said Haruka. "Why are we running from the Nega Verse?"
Neither Setsuna nor the cats responded.
"Setsuna, I asked you a question and I expect you to answer it now!"
Luna finally spoke after struggling with herself for a few seconds. "We can't win this battle no matter what we do."
"I'm not leaving," said Usagi. "The people here need our help."
"I want to help this world as much as you do, but we can't."
"I hate to do this, Setsuna, but as your future Queen I order you to tell me why."
"No," Setsuna said as she opened the portal back to their world.
"Setsuna, close that portal," yelled Haruka, frustrated that she wasn't getting any answers.
"And I'm telling you it's not my call."
"Then whose is it?"
"An order to over rule the princess can only come from Queen Serenity."
"Queen Serenity isn't here," yelled Rei.
"And I'm telling you it's not my call."
"Well guess what? I've just made the call for you," said Haruka while retrieving her Space Sword.
Haruka swung her sword toward Setsuna, and Setsuna blocked with her Time Staff.
"Don't, Haruka, this might be our last chance out of here."
"Setsuna, you either stand down or I'll make you," said the sandy haired woman solemnly.
Setsuna didn't give any hint that she would give up so Haruka fought violently with Setsuna until Haruka knocked Setsuna's staff from her hand, closing the time portal. Haruka now had Setsuna in a corner with her sword to her throat.
"Why did you come here, Setsuna, if you're only going to be part of the problem," Haruka asked menacingly, never moving an inch.
"I came here to do what was right."
"Haruka, that's enough," said Michiru, who grabbed her hand away from Setsuna's throat.
"Setsuna," Minako called. "Think about what you're saying for a moment. If we leave now, this world will be taken over by the NegaVerse, plus who is to say that they want cross to other dimensions, enslaving them as well. What if they finally come back to our dimension, are we going to keep running away until we have nowhere left to hide? Have you even considered that?"
"I guess I haven't but you don't know what we're dealing with."
Usagi got up from her bed and sat next to Setsuna. "I think what Minako and Haruka are trying to say is: We have been saving the World for four years now and we have never backed down from any challenge and we are not going to back down now. But we can't do it with just the ten of us, we need your help."
"I can't. I have orders."
"No offense to my mother, but why are you listening to someone who has been dead for over a thousand years? We're here now. Nobody can help us if they're dead, so if we don't defeat them now, they're just going to get more powerful and you can bet there won't be anybody to stop them then. Setsuna, I'm asking you, are you going to help us and let us do this the right way," Usagi reasoned.
Setsuna fretted with a decision that would change everything, but she knew what was right and she knew they were all right.
"Fine, but it might just get us killed."
"We've all been there, done that" said Usagi, grinning.
"Yeah, but this time, there's no turning back, no second chances," said Artemis.
"Setsuna, you're going to tell them," asked Luna.
"It's time, Luna, they knew everything."
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Chapter 5/Desention in the ranks
Rei came through the portal.
"Rei, back so soon," asked Setsuna.
"There's trouble!"
"What kind of trouble," Setsuna asked worriedly.
"Setsuna, what's supposed to happen to our enemy, after they've been defeated," Rei asked inquiringly.
"Well, they're locked away for eternity. Why?"
"Well, while I was in the other dimension, let's just say every enemy we have faced, even Galaxia and Chaos, are there."
"Rei, did I hear you right," asked Haruka. "The NegaVerse has risen again?"
"Yeah, Haruka you heard me."
"Setsuna, can you get us there?" Haruka asked demandingly
"Yes."
"Then make it so. Michiru, call the others" Haruka ordered.
"Right," Michiru responded hastily.
Needless to say, the senshi arrived one by one, including Marmoru, Luna, and Artemis. Rei laid it all down for them about the NegaVerse's rebirth.
"Do you think we can defeat them all of them all over again," asked Ami. "Well, we've lost the Starlights and we've just come off a battle, I'd say the odds are looking slim. However, we've never backed down from a fight and we're not coming back until we beat them. Is that clear," Haruka said taking a leadership role. (A/N: I know Haruka is the leader of the Outer Senshi, and Minako is the leader of the Inner Senshi.) "Setsuna is the portal ready?"
"Yes. It will take us directly to where Rei left."
Without a second thought, the senshi walked through the portal, coming out exactly where Setsuna had said they would. Heero was still in his room and greeted them with a gun stuck in their faces.
"Heero, relax it's the people I was telling you and the guys about," Rei said in a panic, hoping Heero wouldn't shoot first and ask questions later. Heero still stood his ground.
"Come, I'll take you to the others," Heero said in a low tone.
As the Senshi came down the stairs, Wufei nearly fell over to see the female warriors in short fukus.
"Guys, these are the warriors who say they can defeat this " Nega Verse" Heero said walking over to a corner of the room as he crossing his arms.
"They look weak too me."
"Ignore him. He's got some issues with women," Duo said as he walked up to Haruka admiring her long stemmed legs. "He doesn't cope well with women stronger then he is" Rei said smugly.
"You want to start where we left off, woman," Wufei snarled, tensed and ready.
"Anytime you're ready," Rei challenged back heatedly, tossing her hair over her shoulder in a challenging gesture.
"Hey, cut it out you two," Milliardo/Zechs demanded. "So, which one of you is in charge?"
"We are," said Haruka while pointing at Minako.
"Well, we have a lot to brief you on before you go do whatever it is that you are going to do" he said almost sarcastically.
"Of course, Setsuna, I would like for you to come along. Ami, you too would be very helpful." "Rei, why don't you find a sacred fire somewhere and try a fire reading." "You guys do have a temple or something around here like that?" Haruka asked.
"We do indeed," said Quatre
"Who is "we", Winner? I do, but you guys don't."
"Yeah, but I had it built for you, Wufei"
"Wufei!!!!" Zechs warned.
"Fine!"
Rei, Haruka, Ami, Setsuna, Wufei, Heero, and Zechs went to the Ready Room, while the other senshi stayed behind to try to rest up.
Duo watched as Haruka and her legs retreated to the ready room. Michiru was fuming as she watched Duo eyes wonder over what was hers, but decided to keep cool because they would be out of there soon she hoped.
In the ready room, Haruka, Setsuna, Ami looked at the surveillance video taken by the Gundam mobile suits.
"They attack more like a wolf pack then they use to," said Haruka.
"And they're more aggressive," Ami added.
Setsuna gazed at the screen, having an almost horrified look in her eyes. She didn't even notice when Haruka called her name three times. Ami touched Setsuna's shoulder and she quickly regained her composure.
"Setsuna, don't tell me this surprises you. I mean, you are the Senshi of Time. You did know this was going to happen," Haruka asked.
"Of course I did, otherwise we wouldn't be here, right," Setsuna covered up hastily, not wanting the others to doubt her.
Ami and Haruka nodded
However, Rei had her doubts as well as Zechs while Heero responded with .."Hn"
"Rei, why don't you get to that fire reading?"
"Alright, if someone would show me the way, I'd be happy too," she said while gesturing toward Wufei.
"This way," Wufei said through his gritted teeth.
"So that's Rei's brother?" Ami said wonderingly.
Zechs looked up at that point "What do you mean he's her brother?"
"Rei and Wufei are twins." Setsuna explained the story to Zechs and Heero.
"Well, that definitely explains the hostility toward each other. Heero, why don't you show these young ladies what we've been using against the youmas," Zechs suggested.
"Do you talk?" Minko asked Heero. Heero just turned away walking away to a huge door. Zechs stepped in "Umm he's mute."
"Oh"
Heero pressed the access panel on the wall to where they stored the Gundams.
"Aren't you going, Setsuna?"
"I've already seen what your machines of destruction can do."
"That's right, you can see into other dimensions."
"Yes, so I know what kind of person you are Zechs, all of you."
"You know nothing about me!"
"I do know you fought meaningless battles" she replied meekly
"I never fought a meaningless battle!"
"If I remember correctly, you and Heero fought at the South Pole, Heavy Arms and Tallgeese I, when Relena discovered you were her older brother. You do remember that, don't you? My question is why were you fighting, if the both of you were fighting for the colonies at that point in time?" Setsuna mused pointedly.
"I just wanted peace," Zechs defended himself softly.
"Peace. Oz, you and Libra, and the Gundam pilots had your own way of achieving peace. Gundams attack Earth and Oz. The colonies denounce the Gundams as allies. The Trieze faction gets formed; you attack Earth with Libra, which kills thousands, maybe even millions of people. The only thing in your way of destroying Earth completely was Trieze and the Gundams," Setsuna responded back heatedly.
"Trieze and Oz were the cause of everything that happened. As an Oz soldier, he knew that Earth was oppressive toward the colonies," Zechs shot back, fury building in his light blue eyes at Setsuna's accusations.
"Will you stop all the excuses? Stop hiding behind Trieze, a guy you served with in the Oz military, as an excuse for what you did. Like all the years you hid behind that mask. Don't get me wrong, I'm not defending Trieze or the Gundams, but you all were wrong in some form or fashion. However, the only people who got hurt were the ones who were in battle fighting by your sides and the innocent civilians, but there were less than seven people lost on your side, Zechs, because you used mobile dolls. That's almost smart of you to use them. Sooner or later, mobile dolls would have turned against you. That would be nice, the world being destroyed by their own creations. At least Trieze did help stop the problem; he sacrificed his life in the last battle on purpose. What did you do? Oh, that's right! You pretended to be dead because you knew you were fighting a losing battle," Setsuna continued mercilessly, her voice cold and stern.
"Okay, Setsuna, enough about me, what about you?"
"What about me?"
"At least I needed a mask to hide behind to lie and hide from the truth. However, lies just roll right off your tongue. When you lie, you're solid. You have to be a cold-hearted bitch to lie that good, especially to the ones you call friends. Yes, Setsuna, I know you lied to your friends. When you said you knew what was going to happen, you lied. You want to know how I know, because I can look right into your soul. I've learned to look past those orbs of yours and discovered you're just full of secrets. You have no clue what's going to happen. One thing I know is that when I look at you, it's like staring into a mirror, two people who are almost the same in every way, except I've embraced the darker side of myself. I faced it, even though I resisted at first. Setsuna, there is some darker side to you, which you refuse to acknowledge. Why is that," Zechs fired back icily, intent on shattering Setsuna's little charade.
Setsuna remained silent and never tore away from Zechs' still icy blue gaze. Zechs walked toward Setsuna and tucked her silky thick locks of green hair behind her ear. Their gazes never faltering, Zechs leaned his head toward Setsuna and tilted it slightly. Setsuna was trembling with uncertainty and a little fear, as she had never done before. As he got closer to Setsuna lips, which were only millimeters away from his, and Zechs was about to seal her fate, Zechs' lips moved directly toward her ear and whispered. "I was right. No one gives in this easily to a kiss from a murderer of millions of souls, unless they have something evil to hide. You want to tell other people of their faults like you have none, but we both know better so don't you dare give me the self-righteous routine. I will get to the truth about your dark side, Setsuna, just watch me," Zechs said hoarsely.
With having said that, Zechs saw a crystal tear form in the corner of her eye and wiped it with his thumb, before walking away, not feeling good or bad about what he had done. While Setsuna sat on the table, contemplating what had just happened.
Zechs caught up with the others who were going to check on Wufei and Rei. *******************************************************************
At the same time this was all happening the Usagi, listened to Relena talk about pacifism, this agitated her. Even Usagi knew the peace she talked about wasn't as easy as it's said. Makoto fell asleep after listening to Relena for so long. Hotaru, found comfort in talking to Duo who kept making her laugh.
Quatre showed Michiru his priceless violins collection. He even let her play them, since she was a skillful and soulful player.
Somewhere and Quatre's library was a person sitting at a laptop looking into the background of the mysterious female warriors. His search wasn't in vein he found everything he needed.
Serenity and Endymion
Endymion was a beautiful prince who happened to catch the eye of the moon princess Serenity. On a visit to the moon, the prince fell in love with her much to Serenity's delight. Their love was like no other...
However, this is not what the user was looking for. He scrolled down the page until the name Mars appeared.
The Planet Mars The planet of war was ruled by the Ares god of war. His wife Queen Trinity was the goddess of war. It was said that Ares fathered her two children. The princess of Mars was also known as Reiko. It's has been rumored that their son died at birth.
Reiko Reiko's parents taught and trained her to be a guardian for Princess Serenity. Before Reiko was four, she mastered all her mother's fire techniques. She still had lots to learn before she could master her parents' true power and agility. Reiko captured the hearts of many men and young men alike. Reiko may have captured many men's heart, but a lone prince on the Phobos captured hers. The feeling was mutual, but by the time, she was sixteen, her father arranged marriage, to one of Prince Eydymion's guardians: General Jadeite. Reiko didn't want to disappoint her father, so she married the General. Still this didn't stop the prince or princess from seeing each other in secret. Like any true love romance tale their love ended in tragedy, when the general caught them together. The general swore revenge on prince and his unfaithful wife and everyone who knew of this treachery. Jadeite laid low for a while hoping to catch the alliance off guard. While gone he sold his soul to Negaforce as well as his fellow Generals whose wives were also unfaithful.
The user scrolled down to the last paragraph.
The end of Silver Millenium For eons, the Negaforce loathe the Alliance. It wasn't until the Negaforce was sure they could win did they strike. They waited until Princess Serenity' and Prince Endymion wedding ceremony to take place. The generals and their "wives" stood in as bridesmaids and groomsmen. The princesses were still unaware of their husbands' discovery of infidelity in them, and were caught off guard when the Negaforce attacked as Serenity was making her way down the aisle. The general also tried to kill their wives in the process. The battle between good and evil had begun. The Negaforce and Silver Alliance where at war. The war only lasted for a couple of hours. Nobody won this war. With the firing magnitude of both sides, everyone and everything was destroyed, even the planets. The moon was the only thing remaining. It's said that as Queen Serenity was dying when she saw a vision of her daughter and lover in a beautiful palace. A palace made of crystal, protected by her friends, so with out realizing it she was using her silver imperial crystal; she wished that her vision would become reality. As the queen died, she smiled knowing that everything would be okay.
The user shutdown his computer and thought about what he had read. * The princesses who suppose to fight for love and justice were being unfaithful. That can't be right. It goes against every thing they stand behind. No, there has to be something that I'm missing. Computer technology may not have the full story or the true story unlike books that go back to the beginning. And that's where I'll start at the beginning. *
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Wufei watched Rei as she sat before the fire. He watched intensely, as the fire was close enough to burn her pale creamy white skin. Rei chanted, "Fire, water, earth, wind, heart, stars." While she chanted, her hands made symbols that were synchronized with her words. His mind had begun to surge with thoughts of her in his head, as the movements seemed so familiar. He quickly tore his gaze away and walked out of the fire room, closing the door behind him.
'I can't be in love with her, can I,' he thought. 'Why is she in my head?' Wufei ignored it decided to get his mind off her with his own meditation. First, he needed something to concentrate on, so he took an old picture of Merian his late wife. He looked at it with unblinking eyes, until the room fazed-out. Wufei found himself in what seemed to be a battle. He looked around at the lifeless bodies. He then heard distant fighting, and war cries in the background. He looked to see himself battling, a monster of some sort. He quickly destroyed it, but he couldn't elude the incoming blast so he prepared himself, but to his relief, it never came. Wufei now walked closer to his look-a-like, to see him cradling a limp body of a female. He looked at the guy that was supposedly him. He saw the pain on his face that was similar to the one when he had lost Meiran. All of a sudden the battle that was going on seem to have lost all sound except for his voice that wrenching with pain that shattered his heart "NOOOOO!!!" was all he heard himself say, but it was a faint voice, as if he was further away from the duo that he stood before. The images that were before him began to fade into a white light, until he opened his eyes to a touch of the shoulder.
"Wufei," called Haruka. "How long has she been in there?" Wufei quickly turned back into the woman hater part of his personality, saying, "Why don't you ask her," he snorted as he retrieved the picture of his wife.
"You snot nosed punk!"
Inside the fire room, Rei kept chanting, until the fire began to grow, licking hungrily at the top of the ceiling and touching the side of the walls, until it engulfed her entire body. A vision almost started until the flames turned black and began to burn through her body. Rei let out a shriek of pain, desperately trying to hold on to the vision. Rei felt herself being lifted and thrown through the double doors, with flames escaping the room. With warrior instinct, Haruka, Minako, Ami, Wufei, Heero, and Zechs dodged the flames. Rei fell to the ground as the flames retreated back to its original state. Rei stood groggily to her feet.
"What happened in there?" Minako asked making sure it was safe before she got up again.
"I don't know. It's as if something or someone was blocking my senses," Rei replied worriedly, knowing that if something could block her finely honed senses, it had to be powerful.
'Weak' "I could have done it. It's not that hard," Wufei sneered contemptuously.
"I have an idea," said Setsuna, coming around the corner. "Since you both have this ability, why don't you work together and see if you can break through. That's only if we have cooperation from the both of you."
Rei and Wufei gave the mother of all glares toward each other, which would make Heero take notes.
"Look, the quicker you do it, the quicker it will be over. Plus, it'll make us go home quicker too." With that, Wufei pulled Rei into the room.
"We'll be lucky if they don't kill each other in there first," came from everyone.
Inside Rei and Wufei sat in their respective places. They opened their eyes, never blinking, not even once. Rei began her chant again. Wufei started his own chant. Again, the flames engulfed the walls and their bodies. The force that was there before had appeared again. The flames turned on them again, but determined not to be defeated this time, instinctively Rei and Wufei lifted their hands and clasped them to one another, intertwining their fingers and forcing Rei through her vision. Seconds later, she had come through her vision.
"What a ride," Rei said in a hushed yet awed tone, her violet eyes sparkling with the memory of the exhilaration coursing through her veins during the ordeal.
"Yeah," Wufei said dazedly, slowly recovering from the rush coursing through his veins. Quickly snapping back into reality, Wufei snatched his hand from Rei's grasp, giving her a cold-hearted look. Rei's eyes filled with disappointment as he walked out.
"Rei, are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Ami."
"My vision showed me where the NegaVerse will attack next."
"Is there anything else Rei? You seem troubled," Ami, said worriedly, her brow creasing as she looked at her close friend.
"It's just a feeling, an evil feeling. It's more evil than I thought possible."
"Well, what did you expect from the NegaVerse but evil," Setsuna responded.
"I suppose"
"How much time do we by before they attack?" Heero asked.
"2 hours"
"Ami, get the others."
Haruka and Ami gave each senshi their assignment.
"Usagi you go with Mamuru, Ami and Setsuna. Michiru, Minako, Makato, Hotaru, and Rei, you're with me. All right, let's move."
"Sailor Senshi Transport" The senshi disappeared.
"Well, I guess we wait," said Quatre
"Well, Luna and Artemis, tell us more about these girls, especially the one with the short hair and long legs. Duo said looking more like Minako with dreamy eyes. ******************************************************************** The senshi arrived at their destination.
"You guys know the plan, so let's split up now," Uranus commanded.
The Senshi walked around for a while.
"Mars, are you sure this is the place?" asked Uranus as they walked without seeing a single sign of anything threatening.
"I hope so, because things are about to get pretty interesting."
"Mars, what do you mean, "you hope so?"
"Uranus, I didn't say that."
"But I did," said a sly, mocking voice.
The Senshi turned to look at a woman who was wearing a golden fuku. (A/N I know Galaxia was possessed by Chaos and she was cured.)
"I'd say it is extremely interesting, wouldn't you agree, my friends," Galaxia said mockingly, one eyebrow raised.
"You have no friends here anymore." Jupiter snapped.
"Oh, I know. I was referring to them," Galaxia replied lazily, pointing to an area behind the Senshi.
The Senshi found themselves surrounded by Queen Beryl and the former Guardians of Prince Endymion, to every other enemy they had ever defeated.
"We're way out numbered!" said Sailor Moon, panic evident in her voice.
"Oh really, ya think," replied Mars and Uranus, rolling their eyes in exasperation.
"Alright, Senshi attack!"
(A/N: Let's just say in this battle the senshi got whipped.)
Pluto knew they were fighting a losing battle and used everything she had to teleport all of them out. They all fell through the portal onto a glass table. They all had bruises, cuts and gashes. Each pilot except Wufei attended to at least one of the senshi.
"Wufei at least tend to one of them," Quatre pleaded as he helped to bandage some of the girls.
Wufei sighed and muttered under his breath in frustration. He got on one knee next to Saturn and Jupiter and said, "Are you ok? Are you ok? Help somebody, help, there are onnas in need of help." (Shouldn't Wufei get the crap beat out of him right about here?) ************************************************** A day and some hours later, Haruka woke up in a foul mood remembering what had happened. "Damn that girl!!!"
"Who?" asked Zechs.
"Rei. She didn't follow orders, well not too much of the order, but her responsibility and duty to protect Usagi. It's over for her."
Haruka scanned the room to see her love and the rest of the girls battered and bruised until she came across the figure of the traitor.
Haruka walked from her bed to Rei, knocking her out of it.
"It's time you got yours, Rei!"
Haruka started with some punching sequences but, being a skillful fighter, Rei dodged and started her own attack in self-defense. A few seconds into the fight, everyone awoke to the sound of Rei and Haruka's battle. For Usagi, she woke up to the sight she had most feared.
"Shouldn't we stop them, Zechs," asked Quatre, his soft blue eyes filled with worry.
"Winner, let them fight. They might end up killing each other but it doesn't matter as long as they're gone from here. And they call themselves the saviors of the Universe," Wufei said contemptuously, snorting in derision.
Heero pulled out his gun and shot between the girls, careful to avoid hitting one of them. Heero gave them an inquiring look when they both turned to face him.
"I'm finishing off this traitor! Usagi, she didn't bother to help you when you were in trouble," Haruka snapped.
"Haruka, she might have been preoccupied like the rest of us!" Usagi said trying to stick up for Rei.
"I no longer want her to be a part of the Senshi. She goes."
"I hate to pull rank, Haruka, but that's not your decision. As long as she is loyal to the innocent we don't have a problem. Who cares if she is not loyal to me now, she has proven herself time and time again that she can be trusted."
"Usagi, how can you say that after what happened out there? She blew the plan. We would have been home by now if it wasn't for her."
Rei interrupted angrily. "What fight were you watching, because the so- called plan fell apart within a few seconds!"
"She's right, 'Ruka," said Michiru.
"Fine, we just work on another plan"
"No, we're going home"
Everyone turned their attention to the green haired older woman.
"Maybe I should relieve Setsuna of her duty instead of Rei. Setsuna, why would you say that?"
"Haruka, we had our shot. We didn't do it"
"Setsuna, why?" asked the black and white cats.
Setsuna's only response was "Love and Justice, Water, Ice, and Wisdom, and Death.
"You're right," said Luna as she digested the importance of the words Setsuna uttered. "We must leave."
"Hold on," said Haruka. "Why are we running from the Nega Verse?"
Neither Setsuna nor the cats responded.
"Setsuna, I asked you a question and I expect you to answer it now!"
Luna finally spoke after struggling with herself for a few seconds. "We can't win this battle no matter what we do."
"I'm not leaving," said Usagi. "The people here need our help."
"I want to help this world as much as you do, but we can't."
"I hate to do this, Setsuna, but as your future Queen I order you to tell me why."
"No," Setsuna said as she opened the portal back to their world.
"Setsuna, close that portal," yelled Haruka, frustrated that she wasn't getting any answers.
"And I'm telling you it's not my call."
"Then whose is it?"
"An order to over rule the princess can only come from Queen Serenity."
"Queen Serenity isn't here," yelled Rei.
"And I'm telling you it's not my call."
"Well guess what? I've just made the call for you," said Haruka while retrieving her Space Sword.
Haruka swung her sword toward Setsuna, and Setsuna blocked with her Time Staff.
"Don't, Haruka, this might be our last chance out of here."
"Setsuna, you either stand down or I'll make you," said the sandy haired woman solemnly.
Setsuna didn't give any hint that she would give up so Haruka fought violently with Setsuna until Haruka knocked Setsuna's staff from her hand, closing the time portal. Haruka now had Setsuna in a corner with her sword to her throat.
"Why did you come here, Setsuna, if you're only going to be part of the problem," Haruka asked menacingly, never moving an inch.
"I came here to do what was right."
"Haruka, that's enough," said Michiru, who grabbed her hand away from Setsuna's throat.
"Setsuna," Minako called. "Think about what you're saying for a moment. If we leave now, this world will be taken over by the NegaVerse, plus who is to say that they want cross to other dimensions, enslaving them as well. What if they finally come back to our dimension, are we going to keep running away until we have nowhere left to hide? Have you even considered that?"
"I guess I haven't but you don't know what we're dealing with."
Usagi got up from her bed and sat next to Setsuna. "I think what Minako and Haruka are trying to say is: We have been saving the World for four years now and we have never backed down from any challenge and we are not going to back down now. But we can't do it with just the ten of us, we need your help."
"I can't. I have orders."
"No offense to my mother, but why are you listening to someone who has been dead for over a thousand years? We're here now. Nobody can help us if they're dead, so if we don't defeat them now, they're just going to get more powerful and you can bet there won't be anybody to stop them then. Setsuna, I'm asking you, are you going to help us and let us do this the right way," Usagi reasoned.
Setsuna fretted with a decision that would change everything, but she knew what was right and she knew they were all right.
"Fine, but it might just get us killed."
"We've all been there, done that" said Usagi, grinning.
"Yeah, but this time, there's no turning back, no second chances," said Artemis.
"Setsuna, you're going to tell them," asked Luna.
"It's time, Luna, they knew everything."
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