Title: Across Time
Author: Eyes_of_Pearl
Rating: PG13

Disclaimer: I do not own Sailor Moon or Gundam Wing. They belong to
their respective owners.

Thank you all for reviewing my fic so far and since winter break has ended, this is my gift
to you all, hopefully something better than school work but first ...

To solarmistress17: In Chap 4. 'The Shadows Revealed', the entire chapter is devoted to what
happened to the G-boys where the mysterious yellow objects had been taken out of their bodies
pretty much in the same manner as described in Serena's dream in Chap 5. 'Message from a
Friend'. I haven't forgotten about them but for now they are in "oblivion". Don't worry I will
keep true to my original plot.

To Rurouni Tatsu: I'm not sure if Uranus & Neptune are going to be in here. I said before that
I won't put them in but now that I think about it, I might change my mind as I write the story. I
can assure you that there will be a few surprises in this chapter.

I really appreciate the questions, so feel free to drop me a line whenever. I am trying to make this
chapter longer because as I said before we are going to find out who the enemy is and there will
be a battle scene ... ok before I give the entire chapter away, on with the story!
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Chapter 6: All Things in Threes

Hotaru had settled in nicely in the Tsukino household and the girls: Amy, Lita and Mina had
welcomed her into their circle. Lucky for them, there were on winter break so no school for
them. (an: I don't think I ever mentioned a specific time/season for this story.) For two days, the
five girls had been hanging around with Andrew at the arcade and introduced Hotaru to the
ever-addictive video games!

On the third day of Hotaru's arrival, the strange sitings occurred all over the Juuban area.
Three people had been attacked, all of them young girls around Cherry Temple. Police reported
that all those girls had all their energy taken out of them and are currently at the hospital.
Witnesses had said that yellow objects had been spotted around the area where the incident occur.
Others said that those objects shoot up into the sky. Similar reports were all over the news for
the next nine days. As the sayings goes, "All bad things happen in threes." It couldn't be more
right.

Of course, the sailor scouts were hard at work. They themselves had formed three groups:
Amy & Lita, Mina & Hotaru, and Serena. Amy, Hotaru and Serena had been tracking the
patterns for attack and situating the groups into predicted hot spots. It was a tiresome task and
each day, the girls had returned to Lita's apartment with bruises and drained of energy. To avoid
suspicion from their parents, Amy, Mina and Serena had told their respective families that they
were sleeping over at Lita's for the break. Serena of course asked for Hotaru as well. Their
parents were glad that their daughters were out of the house and gave their permission.

Serena knew that those objects were in fact connected with her dream but she hadn't really
told the other girls about it. Night after night, she had the same dream, each one more painful
than the last. She knew that the enemy had wanted her to suffer in reality and while she slept. On
the third night, she was shaken awake and saw that the girls had gathered around her. "Serena,
you are having another nightmare aren't you?"

"Mina, it was only a dream. I'm be fine."

"No, Serena you aren't fine. You are more tired than the rest of us."

"Serena, Lita's right. We all heard you thrashing in your sleep."

"Please tell us, Princess. Is it liked the dream that you have the first night when I was here?"

Seeing no way out of it, Serena had told them everything. From the time, she first got the
dream till now. The girls listened on, admiring the strength that Serena was able to carry on but
was angry that she didn't tell them sooner. Still, knowing Serena she didn't want to her friends to
carry her burden if she could help it.

"You know, I just remembered something that Pluto told me one time. She told me that a lot
of dimensions and galaxies were destroyed in a similar fashion where shadow-liked objects appear
and just take energy from people and yellow objects shoot out towards the sky. She told me that
recently, she felt a deep tremour within one of the dimensions so great that she could feel it at the
Time Portal. When she went to investigate, it was already too late, there was nothing left, just
space ..."

"Why didn't Pluto tell me sooner? Plu..."

"Because I wasn't sure at the time. Liked I said before, timelines had been unstable.
Instabilities can cause tremours but I am afraid it is the same enemy. Those yellow objects are
star seeds. Liked the golden mirrors and heart crystals, they are part of every individual and are
essential to living. Star seeds are the highest form of energy and purity in a person and once they
are removed, a person can no longer sustained themselves. Eventually, they will disappear and
cease to exist. As Hotaru had told you, many galaxies had been destroyed, eliminated from the
timelines in pretty much the same fashion. One recent had caused a tremour, perhaps from a extra
surge of energy or perhaps it has caused a major change in the timelines, whatever it is by the time
I went to investigate it was already too late. I'm sorry that I didn't tell you sooner, Princess."

"It's all right, Pluto because that would explain those energy readings that I got on my laptop
recently when I was doing my research. They were so dispersed, it was too hard to pinpoint.
Even this enemy is as powerful to be able to take out galaxies, then it has caused even the
timelines to be unstable. As long as we stop them here in this dimension, whatever it is can't hurt
anymore people. Ahhhh...."

Serena suddenly clutched her head, her 'meatball heads' shimmered as she heard yet another
victim was being attacked. (an: Remember the very first SM episode, where Serena's 'meatball
heads' shimmered when she heard that Molly was being attacked. I'm using it here.) "Come on,
it's by the park. We have to hurry."

With the raised of her broach and the call of the transformation phrase, Eternal Sailor Moon
took the place of Serena Tsukino. Amy, Lita, Mina and Hotaru followed suit with their
transformation pens, in a series of lights, Eternal Sailor Mercury, Jupiter, Venus and Saturn took
their spots. Sailor Pluto turned and opened a time portal and said, "Come, we must hurry. My
portal can take you straight to the park!"

The girls followed Pluto's lead and emerged out of the portal in front of Tokyo Towers. How
ironic that a structure so beautiful was the spot of many of their fiercest battles and this was one
of them. A young couple was being attacked by one of those infamous shadow minions. Both of
was in a painful agony as they clutched their chests. Those yellow objects - which they now know
as Star seeds - were ripped from their insides by a shadowy hand. Sailor Moon and her scouts had
long since given one of their speeches instead Eternal Sailor Moon had taken control of the
situation, "Venus use your love chain and take those people out of harms way. Mercury create a
distraction."

The two scouts nodded in consent while the rest of the scouts encircled in enemy in attack
stance. "Mercury bubbles blasts! Venus love me chain encircle!"

As Mercury's bubbles began to take effect, Venus' golden chain had lashed out and
retrieved the two victims and placed them in a nearby trees out of harm's way. Saturn, Jupiter
and Pluto then conducted in a three way assault with Jupiter and Pluto in front and Saturn as
defence. "Sparkling Wide Pressure" as Jupiter released a series of electrifying attacks at the enemy
while Pluto's "Deadly Scream" could be heard above the crackling attacks. At times, Jupiter will
alternate to her "Oak Evolution Attack". On the other hand, Saturn was behind them with her
glaive, challenging anyone and anything that dares to cross her path. Though she may looked
small and naive, but Saturn had a deadly gleam in her eye with every slash of her glaive. Her
"Silence Wall!" was often used a shield. (An: If anybody know the correct attacks for the Star
Series pls let me know, right now I am using the ones from what I remember. I doubt they are
correct.)

Before long, Mercury and Venus were joining in the battle with Venus' "Love and Beauty
Shock" attack and Mercury's "Mercury Aqua Rhapsody" attack. Eternal Sailor Moon was
fighting a one-person front with her "Starlight Therapy Kiss" which completely wiped out the
front lines of the coming assault. Brilliant flashes of light illuminated the battlefield. At times, it
seemed as though the scouts were gaining the upper hand but the shadow minions seemed to be
gain renewal strength as they began to overcome the scouts.

One of the shadows had caught the unsuspecting Mercury by surprise as she was
powering up for another "Rhapsody" attack while another shadow minion advanced to retrieve
her star seed. The other scouts were trying desperately to reach her but the shadows were
keeping them occupy. As the shadow accelerate faster towards its victim's heart, a "Mars Flame
Sniper" call could be heard and a flaming arrow shot through the air. A single red rose followed
closely and both hitting their targets destroying them. The two shadows surrounding Mercury
was destroyed. All the scouts turned and were struck speechless as the former Sailor Mars and
Tuxedo Mask stood before them.

Eternal Sailor Moon recovered first from her shock, and both Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask
panicked as they saw that she was preparing to use her oldest attack on them. She readied her
tiara and shouted, "Moon Tiara Magic" as she flung the glowing discus towards them. Both
closed their eyes and murmured a silent prayer, as their end drew near. They had no idea that
Eternal Sailor Moon held so much anger towards them that she would attack on first chance she
got. However, they felt the burning discus flew past them and missed! Their eyes snapped
opened but found that the discus in fact was right on target for it had sliced the shadow minion
that was creeping behind them. Both let out a sigh of relief and gratitude towards Eternal Sailor
Moon. Before either of them could speak, Eternal Sailor Moon beat them to it, "You saved
Sailor Mercury's life. For that I thank you, I just returned the favour."

Her mouth curled up into a smirk at the pair. Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask took that as
a sign of forgiveness towards them. However, the reunion was cut short as the previous shadows
doubled in number. All that were destroyed from before had formed two. 'This is just like the
dream' thought Eternal Sailor Moon. Little did she know, similar thoughts were running through
the other scouts except for Mars and Tuxedo Mask.

Thus, the battle resumed. Sailor Mars and Tuxedo was battling more rigorously than the
other scouts except for Sailor Moon since they had only gotten to the battle. Before long, they
are all beginning to tired, when suddenly, Eternal Sailor Moon cried out, "No, this ends here!
Whoever you are, show yourself! Stop hiding behind these pitiful minions! Come out and fight!"

Everything was in slow motion, as all heads turned to Eternal Sailor Moon whose eyes
held defiance, and determination which were challenging their invisible enemy to a final
showdown.

Someone snickered with laughter but it was held with scorn and contempt. "Oh Eternal
Sailor Moon, it was rather entertaining seeing all your pitiful attempts! You are right, it is time
for the two of us to meet."

A large dome encircled the scouts and Tuxedo Mask as it began to enclose on them. They
tried to break out, the dome began to rise and it float towards space. It took them very close to
the moon while a giant space ship was suspended in space. All the occupants in the dome let out
a startled cry even Pluto as they saw millions of star seeds streaming towards the space ship like
an assembling line into the factory.

The dome landed on a platform with a single spotlight blaring on it. All the scouts and
Tuxedo Mask were literally dumped onto it. As they gathered in a stance and surveyed their
bearings, the same voice from before could be heard.

More lights came on, as a figure adorned in a yellow and red armour was partially
revealed in the darkness. She set upon a throne like a queen. Her ruby eyes pierced at the group
but mainly at Eternal Sailor Moon who was at the center, in front of the group.

"Welcome to my domain. It is truly magnificent isn't? Did you see all the star seeds on
your way in? They are an work of art, the energy and purity of all the galaxies that I have
conquered. As the saying goes, 'I came. I saw. I conquered.' Three sayings that hold so much
meaning and you know what Eternal Sailor Moon, Earth is next!"
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End Chapter 6
I am going to end it here for now. Hopefully, that wasn't too long of a battle scene but long
enough of a chapter. Before any of you ask, I brought Sailor Mars and Tuxedo Mask back
because as the story title indicated 'Across Time', their coming back is going to have a symbolic
meaning in the end (very literal, I know). Still, after reading this chapter, you know I like
'symbolism' and try to add some sort of literary connection into it. The next chapter is the
showdown between the enemy and Eternal Sailor Moon and the G-boys will probably be back as
well. Then I think it's the last chapter, so just one to two more chapters to go before this
story is finished. (So sad...) Hard to believe but anyway, until later, peace!!