To Tenshi no Nozomi: You make a number of very good points. Finally some criticism!!!
1.I know she's really OOC. I have a perfectly good explanation for this. It will appear in a later chapter.
2. LOL. I know I completely messed with the timelines. It's so outa wack it's funny. All I have to say is this: If I had stayed to the original timelines, this fanfic wouldn't have worked at all. (Even though I love the originals)
3. Yeah, I'd understand where you'd be confused. This too was going to appear in later chapters, but I'll tell you all now. Mizuki-sensei died before the fall of the Moon Kingdom.
4. The colour thing. Yes, I can see where you'd get the funny mental image, but just for the record, I tried writing, "The one wearing _____ is…". It sounded even worse.
5.Yes, Usagi is some thirty years old, but remember, lunarians are known for their long life spans. According to the anime (or maybe the manga, I can't remember), lunarians live for a thousand years. To them, people of thirty years would still be children.
I hope this answered all of your questions. I thank you for acknowledging that I left out a few details, but as I said, it was all going to be explained in later chapters.
Only in your Dreams
"Yue!" gasped Usagi. So much for keeping it under wraps.
The Moon Guardian slowly approached her slowly. "Serenity? Is that really you?" Usagi's eyes dropped as Yue brushed a stray hair from her face.
"Not now," whispered Usagi pulling away.
"Well, well, well, what do we have here?" smirked Nephrite. "The sappy little moon princess and a keeper of Ginzuishou fragment key."
"She's Serenity?" asked Tomoyo.
"Serenity's the Moon Princess?" questioned Syaoran.
"There's a moon princess?" wondered Sakura.
Spinning around, Usagi glared at the evil general. "He does not have a key you fool! If he did, I would be able to sense it!"
"We'll just have to see about that, won't we?" smirked Nephrite, pulling out a black crystal and aiming it at Yue.
"Not today!" yelled Usagi. "Cosmic Star Power… Make up!" Her eyes went silver, as did her hair, growing long and wrapping itself into heart shaped odangoes. Her clothes dissolved into a white fuku. An eight-pointed star appeared on her forehead, breast and pelvis. A silver cape adorned her shoulders.
"Serenity… what happened to you?" asked Yue.
"All shall be explained later," answered Sailor Cosmos.
"Let's see if I've got this straight: Usagi is Serenity and Sailor Cosmos?" wondered Tomoyo.
"Yes, I think that's how it goes," responded Syaoran.
"My, we are full of surprises, aren't we?" drawled Nephrite.
It was Sailor Cosmos' turn to smirk. "More that you can imagine." Pulling off her cape, a pair of white dove wings emerged from her back. Holding out her hand, the staff of Diana materialized. "Let's fight!" With a flap of her wings, Sailor Cosmos was airborne. Yue tired to follow, but Sailor Cosmos motioned for him to stay down.
The battle began. Cosmos would and attack and Nephrite would faze out. Nephrite would appear, attack and Cosmos would faze out. This continued for a while, each only scraping the opposition with their attacks. Finally the two were facing each other. Sailor Cosmos was about to attack when…
"Hime!" four voices called out.
Sailor Cosmos looked down to see Haruka, Michiru, Setsuna and Hotaru standing at the edge of the wood.
In the second that her attention was diverted, Nephrite fazed out and appeared right in front of Sailor Cosmos. A sword materialized in his hand, and he plunged it into her abdomen.
Sailor Cosmos screamed as pain rushed through her lower torso. She struggled for breath. Silver blood soaked her fuku. She could see Yue rushing towards her. Gripping her staff tighter, she pointed it at Nephrite, and managed to struggle out, "Cosmic Star Of Death!" The blast killed Nephrite and knocked Yue to the ground.
Cosmos floated for a second, before plunging to the ground. Her wings vanished back into her back and her fuku turned into silver ribbons, fluttering around her.
Sakura was about to summon her staff to save Sailor Cosmos when the most extraordinary thing happened. The Windy flew out of her purse and caught the senshi before she hit the ground.
"Serenity!" yelled the outers as they rushed towards their princess. Sailor Cosmos turned back into Usagi. When the four reached her, Hotaru kneeled next to her.
"Hotaru? Can you heal her?" asked Setsuna.
"Not completely," replied Hotaru. She put her hands on the wound and they glowed purple as the sign of Saturn appeared on her forehead.
"Don't wear yourself out," said Setsuna. Thirty seconds later, Hotaru pulled her hands away.
"I can't do anymore without passing out."
By now, Yue had gotten to his feet and was walking towards Serenity. He was about four feet from her, when Haruka and Michiru stepped in his way.
"Let me pass," he growled.
"No way wing boy! You're not getting passed us!" Haruka growled back.
"You put our princess in danger! You don't deserve to see her!" Michiru said in a deadly calm voice.
Yue's eyes narrowed. "Do you think you can stop me?"
An evil smile crept to Haruka's face. "We don't think so… we know so! Uranus Planet Power…"
"Neptune Planet Power…"
"Make up!" With a flash of sea green and yellow, Sailor Neptune and Sailor Uranus materialized.
"You're Sailor Senshi?" asked Yue.
Neptune rolled her eyes. "How very observant of you."
"Let me see her!" said Yue fiercely. This caused Sakura, Syaoran and Tomoyo to gasp in shock. Yue was always so impassive.
"Haven't you been paying attention?! Because of you, she almost died! We should kill you right now!" yelled Uranus. "Uranus World Shak- " she abruptly stopped.
With the help of Hotaru, Usagi had staggered in front of Yue. She glared at the two. "I didn't save him so he could be killed by you! What do you have to say for yourselves?"
"Gomen nasai Yue-san," Neptune said calmly, without a moment's hesitation.
Usagi turned to Uranus and arched an eyebrow. "Haruka."
Uranus sighed. "Gomen," she grumbled.
"Right then. Setsuna, can you take me home?" asked Usagi weakly.
"Of course Serenity-hime," smiled Setsuna. She muttered a few words under her breath and transformed into Sailor Pluto. She then created a portal. Uranus, Neptune, Hotaru and Usagi all walked towards it.
"Wait!" cried Yue. "Will I see you again?"
Usagi turned back to him and gave a small smile. "Yes, but for now it will only be in your dreams." The five stepped into the portal and vanished.
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A.N. ~dodges the things that are thrown at her~ Whoa, people calm down! I know this wasn't the ending you all wanted, but don't worry! They'll get together eventually! 'Till then, have a great weekend!
