Author's Note: AH! *cries* You guys think I'm trying to kill them off?!?! Now why would I ever do such a nasty thing like that? [Ahaha…] Ok, I'm not evil, they will somehow be brought back to life, somehow they will…thanks for the reviews and the /critism/. Oh well, thanks anyway for that, oops! I guess I spelt 'Fiore's' name wrong [haha…oops] my bad! =P Was thinking of something else there!
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Ch. 11: "Help is Here"
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"Alright, Sailor V rocks!" Duo cheered as his full attention was on Sailor Venus.
She turned around with a wink and said to Duo. "Why, thank you!"
"VENUS, WATCH OUT!" Sailor Moon screamed as she watched a fine, black energy blade shoot from Mistress 9's star, as it made its way to Venus. She turned around and saw the tiny blade coming straight at her, but she didn't have enough time to run out of the way. She was hit in the chest, fell down on her knees, and her face showed her excruciating pain. [BIG word for me.]
Sailor Moon ran to her last comrade, and hugged her. "Venus, Venus, don't go!"
Sailor Venus looked at her leader and princess through blurred eyes. "I'm sorry, I should have been more careful. Don't cry over us Usa, we know you can defeat her."
"No, I can't!" Sailor Moon cried.
"You so can girl…we believe…in you…"
"You can't!"
"I'll join the others…we'll be watching over you…"
"Venus!" Sailor Moon shouted.
"Use the chalice, but you mustn't give it up, do not surrender over to Mistress 9…" Venus said as she coughed up blood.
"Minako…" Duo said as he got up from where he was and quickly ran to her, tears falling to the ground.
"Usagi…Sailor Moon…Serenity, promise me you won't give the chalice up?" Venus asked her leader.
Sailor Moon looked away from her last friend, fellow protector and warrior. "I don't think I can keep that promise…"
"Please Usagi." Venus asked as her tears fell to the ground.
"Minako, don't leave me!" Duo shouted as he picked her up and laid her in his lap.
"Duo…" She whispered, and a set of fresh new tears made its way to the floor. She breathed her last breathe with pain, and whispered. "Don't forget me Duo…protect…Sailor…Sailor Moon."
"MINAKO!!" He shouted at her, but it was no use. She left him, and he couldn't even protect the one he loved.
The other pilots watched the drama ahead of them. The one they loved had left them to, but they hadn't had it as bad as Minako had. Sailor Moon watched Duo weep over Minako, and she had a stream of tears flowing down her cheeks.
"I won't let you hurt anyone else. I've felt the feeling of the pain of love, and I won't let my friend's suffer from it."
"What love?"
"You already know." Sailor Moon shouted back. "I bet you're the one who made him stop loving me. This is all you're fault! If you and the stupid crew of yours hadn't discovered connections to the future, I wouldn't be here right now! I wouldn't be watching my friends die in front of me, trying to protect me. I would still be in the arcade, chilling with them and playing a game or two, going on a date with Mamoru, and life would be peaceful again. But you had to disrupt the whole peace situation, not in our time, but in the future, 1000 years after Neo-Queen Serenity ruled! After I would rule! Now the pasts' future is in total confusion all because of you. Crystal Tokyo may not exist. I can't take it anymore." She finished as she collapsed to the floor.
'They're from the past?' Wufei thought.
'No wonder they were hiding so much, they're not from our time. Poor Usagi, I've got to help her.' Quatre thought as he looked at the fallen Ami, then back to Usagi.
'It all makes sense now.' Trowa thought a he looked at the brunette beside him.
"Crystal Tokyo? They're from our past? A thousand years ago? Neo-Queen Serenity is the future Usagi?" Duo whispered quietly as he brought himself back to the old Duo, but still held onto Venus' dead body.
'Usagi…' Heero thought as her and only her filled his mind.
"So, do we have a deal here then?" Mistress 9 smirked, knowing she had won.
"Please, don't hurt them anymore. I'll give you the Chalice, please don't hurt them anymore!" Sailor Moon said to Mistress 9.
"Anytime you're ready, Moon girl." Mistress 9 smiled as she landed next to Sailor Moon as she started to stand up and concentrate on the Chalice.
'I'm sorry you guys; please forgive me. I can't do this by myself. The only choice left is to surrender.' Sailor Moon thought as the same golden cup started to re-appear in front of her chest and she held in her hands firmly.
'The Chalice! It's mine!' Mistress 9 thought as she stared at the golden cup just a couple feet in front of her.
"Odango Atama, what the hell do you think you're doing?" A certain voice asked.
"Rae?" Wufei asked as he stared at Rae and she had no sign of life.
"Rae…Mars…" Sailor Moon mouthed as she looked over at Sailor Mars, who was still lifeless. "How can it be?"
"What?" The pilots asked as they stared at the lifeless girls.
"Usagi, we would never leave you, even in times of our deaths." A caring and gentle voice replied.
"Ami…Mercury…"
"Ami?" Quatre asked as he looked at Ami, she still hadn't moved since she was attacked.
"Usagi, I told you me and the other girls would be fine."
"Luna?"
"That's right, were all up here watching over you."
"Makoto…Jupiter…"
"Makoto?" Trowa asked as he looked at Makoto with any sign of life, but got none.
"Hey Usa! I'm back and better then ever!" A happy and giddy voice said.
"Minako…Venus…" Sailor Moon asked she looked at the space around her.
"Minako?" Duo asked as he looked at the 'sky', then back down to her lifeless body.
"You better smarten up! You can't let that Mistress take the Chalice away from you! Won't you ever listen?" An angry voice shouted.
"Rae…calm down, it's not her fault that were, well, you know." Ami replied.
"Yeah, and anyways, we all know blondie down there can defeat her once and again."
"Minako, you're a blonde to." Makoto said.
"Well, yeah, but still, it was a compliment." She answered.
"You guys, where are you?" Sailor Moon asked as she looked through the mist.
"We're not exactly sure, but that's not important right now. Sailor Moon, use the Chalice's power! Then you might be able to defeat her."
"But I can't!"
"Yes you can! We believe in you, and anyways, weren't you the one who defeated Beryl, Wiseman, and Pharaoh 90?" Makoto asked.
"Yeah, but all those times I didn't do it alone. I need help."
"You don't need any." Ami said.
"Yes I do! We work the best when we're a team!"
"Don't worry, when you need us, we'll be there." Ami re-assured her.
"I need it right now!"
"We've got to go Usa! We can't talk to you much longer, beat Mistress 9 then we can go back, alright?" Makoto said.
"But—"
"We'll be waiting for you Usa." Luna said, and all the voices were gone.
"Chalice, now!"
"She will never hand it over to you. You'll just use it to turn this world into the darkness that you weren't able to the last time." A voice said.
"Yes, and we will help our hime defeat you!" Another voice said as the two stepped out of the shadows.
"Uranus! Neptune!" Sailor Moon shouted with joy.
"Not only us, but we've also brought another, hime." Pluto said as she also stepped out of the shadows with a pink-haired girl running toward Sailor Moon.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi Moon said as she ran toward the blonde. "I missed you!"
"I missed you to, but why are you here? It's dangerous!" Sailor Moon asked worriedly.
"I begged Pluto to allow me to come with her and the others, but she wouldn't let me. Then I made a deal with her, and if anything dangerous happens here, I go back to Crystal Tokyo."
"That's fine, then you stay out of trouble." Sailor Moon smiled at her daughter.
"You knew all this was coming?"
"Of course, I'm not a ditz like you!" She giggled.
Sailor Moon glared. "You little spore, you'll never change."
"Hime, use the power of the Chalice now!" Pluto shouted.
"Right. Moon Crisis Power!" Sailor moon shouted as she transformed into a rainbow coloured uniform.
"I'm lost." Duo said.
"What, they're here to?" Uranus said as she stared at the five boys, four of them holding the fallen inners.
"We can't do anything to transport them back to their rooms, can we?" Neptune asked Pluto.
"There is a way, but that would take most of our energy out of us, and we need to save it to protect this world and hime."
"Right. Stay out of our way, or else you'll be severely hurt!" Uranus shouted and glared at the boys, and they moved back a few feet. "Uranus World Shaking!" She attacked, and Mistress 9 was hit from the back. "Along with my space sword, I will defeat you!"
"And with my mirror, we can see right through the mist of darkness ahead of us." Sailor Neptune shouted as she shined the mirror through the mist. [corny? I know]
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Author's Note: Ok…*breaths* was that better? See…their somewhat brought back, but don't worry about them being dead, don't worry…yeah, how was it? OH YEAH, I think I'm going to start a review policy *everyone groans…"NO!!!!!!!"*…I at least want 20 reviews…I'm sorry! Cheer me up, I'm sad! Ahah! See you guys in a bit! *pst! If you get me that much by December 8, I'll be ESPECIALLY happy, it's my birthday! Only in 8 days…
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