Sailor Moon: World Rebirth -Part 1, The Gathering
Episode 12 'The Gathering, Arrival of the Lost'
The senshi appeared in a dome shaped room. On the floor was an eight pointed
star with one of the planet signs at each point. In the middle was the
symbol of the moon. "Where are we now?" Michiru asked immediately.
Chibi-usa stepped away and towards a door. "I re-directed the teleport as
this would be the best place for us to get all the facts straight. This is
Resistance headquarters. Follow me." The senshi followed Chibi-usa down a
hallway and into another room. This room had ten chairs around a table. On
the table was steaming food. There was a man sitting at the table.
"Just in time." he said. He leapt up and gave Sailor Venus a hug. "It's good
to see you again Mina," he said. "I've missed you."
"Oh Artemis, I missed you too."
"This is Artemis?" Sailor Uranus asked.
"Before we went to North America, Luna and Artemis found a way to become human."
"Everything will be explained over dinner. Now everyone change back and sit
down. This is going to take a while." The senshi transformed and spread
themselves around the table. The food was great. "Now where should we start.
Hmmmm, how about you Chibi-usa, they probably want to hear your story."
"All right. And I prefer 'Haiku' much more so just stick with it." 'Hmmmm.
How much should I tell them...' "I'm not even sure if Crystal Tokyo still
exists but Neo-Queen Serenity was alright. A year after that my mother
started to worry because Sailor Pluto would not come to her summons. Then,
after another half of a year this sword appeared. It allowed me to travel
back in time. By a stroke of luck I managed to get to Resistance. Then I
spent 6 months training for this mission. You're right about The Gathering,
it's not just a battle against the Creators, it's a summoning. We're going
to bring Usagi and Mamoru and Luna back." Haiku stopped for a second, to let
it sink in.
"But why do you look so much older, and why didn't we recognize you?"
"Well, the age has to do with this sword." she brought out the sword she
always carried with herself. "It aged me about five years. And you didn't
recognize me for a couple of reasons. One, was I left before the final
battle. Because the world was ruined, there was a chance that Crystal Tokyo
was gone too. Two, there was a spell cast on me. For some reason it was
thought better that you didn't know who I was. At the time we figured it
would be easier if we kept things simple. The spell enhanced the first
reason."
"Why didn't you transform when we were in trouble. It would have helped a
lot."
"Well, I kind of screwed that up. When I first arrived I tried the
transformation. Everything worked great. The problem occurred when I tried
to transform out. I kind of got stuck half in and half out. That's why the
crescent moon is on my forehead."
"Did you use the sword?" Hotaru asked.
"What do you mean?"
"When you transformed the sword must have increased your powers. I recognize
some of the runes on the blade. They are runes that were used during the
Silver Millenium. If you didn't use the sword to transform out, then of
course some part of you would stay in the transformation."
"Okay, I'll try it." Haiku held the sword out in front of her and
concentrated. When she removed the bandana the moon was gone. "That's
better."
"How did you become seventeen from three years old Hotaru?"
"The chaos dragon of silence came to be so the spirit of Saturn was
summoned. Since I was too young to be a senshi it aged me again. In
my eternal transformation I grew wings and I flew to help you as fast as I
could."
"What are we going to do now?"
"Umm, I don't know. Artemis, what's the next part of our plan?" Haiku asked.
"A little before you arrived we found the staging point for The Gathering.
It's a platform out in the middle of the ocean. It has the eight-pointed
star with the symbols of the senshi on it, and the moon in the center. I
suggest you transport there. From there, you should be able to bring about
Crescent Island. But for now, all of you look awful, you should get some
rest. There are some rooms down the hall."
"I can go for that."
Haiku led the others down a bunch of different hallways. "Haiku," Ami asked,
"Where exactly are we?"
"We're on the ocean floor. It's the foundation of future Crystal Tokyo. From
the outside it looks like a bunch of crystals and domes; a mixture of
technology and magic. The reason there are some domes is because the
crystals have to grow first. After the darkness this place just happened to
start growing. This is where Artemis found himself when he woke up. Most of
the common people of the world are unhappy so it wasn't hard to get some of
them to come and help direct the building of the place." Haiku led them into
a round room with about twenty rooms branching off from 5 hallways. "These
will be the staff quarters of Crystal Tokyo. Pick a room." The girls
scattered around and divided themselves throughout the many rooms. Each room
was well furnished, with comfortable beds, chairs and shelves. There were
also magical closets that produced the type of clothes that you wanted.
Every room had its own bathroom. They all washed and changed into fresh
clothing. All of them slept well that evening.
*******
"RED ALERT! RED ALERT! ALL PERSONNEL TO BATTLE STATIONS." Hotaru woke up to
the sound of an alarm. She got out of bed and walked out of her room. There
was about half a foot of water on the floor and it was slowly rising. The
other senshi were already there. Like her, they weren't wearing a whole lot
because they had been rushed out of bed. Artemis was running down the
hallway towards them. Haiku ran to meet him. "What's going on?!"
"It's the Creators. They must have traced the teleportation of all of you.
There isn't much time. Transform and follow me to the transfer room.
Hopefully it isn't under water because you all have to go straight to the
Gathering location."
"Mercury Eternal, Unite!"
"Mars Eternal, Unite!"
"Jupiter Eternal,"
"Venus Eternal, Unite!"
"Uranus Eternal, Unite!"
"Neptune Eternal, Unite!"
"Saturn Eternal...."
They ran down the hallway. The water was about a foot high. "There are some
hallways that have been completely submerged. We have them blocked off with
forcefields that only block ocean water. I hope you don't mind having a
little swim." The senshi jumped through a transparent wall into a section of
the hall that was completely flooded. It was just a short swim to the next
water blocker so they didn't have to hold their breath for very long. They
ran down the next corridor, or rather swam down it because the water was now
four feet deep.
At last they reached the transfer room. "Just imagine the same floor as
there is here, only with sky above." Artemis instructed as the spread out
around the room.
"But what about you?"
"After you leave I'll activate a command that will transfer the whole
Resistance complex underground. When the mission is complete, teleport back.
The senshi gathered in a circle in the room. "SAILOR TELEPORT." As soon as
they were gone Artemis transported from the transfer room to the control
centre. After fiddling with some controls the whole underwater complex
disappeared into the sand of the ocean floor. Once it was entirely under he
brought up a status map of the complex and used magic to start repairs on
various parts of it.
The senshi appeared on a platform in the middle of the ocean. The platform
was about twenty feet across with the familiar eight-pointed star engraved
on it. Rising from the center of the crescent moon in the center of the
platform was a pedestal with a small indent in it. The senshi took their
places around the star. Haiku held up the ginzuishou of the future up in
front of her and she shifted into her moon princess dress. She sat the
ginzuishou in the indent in the pedestal. Light flashed from it to
everywhere and then a beam shot up from the whole platform to the sky. Power
shot throughout the world, and the sky turned green. All around the senshi
Crescent Island began to rise out of the water. It was rocky and had a few
trees on it. The gateway to other dimensions was open. The Gathering had
begun.
********
Urawa and the others in the Command City of Kaipo were gathered together.
One minute they were there, and the next they weren't.
********
Members of the hidden fortress in Toria had travelled to the Command City.
There they met Professor Tomoe and his colleuges. They all vanished.
********
The villagers of Dohilne were outside staring out into the green sky. They
faded away.
********
People living in the Caverns of Shmyte had been on supply trip to the
Command City of Akfzo. They and the good people of the city faded away into
nothing.
********
The inhabitants of Rashka weren't very aware of what the world was like, but
when the sky turned the green they all gathered together. The village elder
bowed his head and they blurred into nothing.
********
All around the senshi on Crescent Island all of those people appeared. Some
were scared, some were curious, some were calm, and some were panicking.
Above all of them in the sky, a black mist was growing. Sailor Saturn closed
her eyes. 'Listen to me.' she thought. Through some power all of the people
there could hear her thoughts. 'The Creators are coming to attempt to cancel
The Gathering. That cannot happen. We need every one of you to help. In all
people there is an essence of life, of power. Each of us may use that power
once or twice in the period of our lives, but the effect just comes out as
some mental ability, and is not noticed. All of you have to find that
essence; the point inside you where it is, and direct it outward. Form a
shield that the Creators cannot break through.'
No matter how silly it sounded all of the people tried it, and with a little
help found the power they were looking for. Around Crescent Island a dome
shield formed, shutting out the Creators.
Haiku moved to the point of the star where Pluto should have been. The
pedestal sunk into the platform, and then an outcrop rose on the inside of
the star. There was room enough for three people on it. "The other side of
the gate has been opened," Haiku called. "Use your power to connect them."
"Mercury Eternal Power!"
"Mars Eternal Power!"
"Jupiter Eternal Power!"
"Venus Eternal Power!"
"Neptune Eternal Power!"
"Uranus Eternal Power!"
"Saturn Eternal Power!"
"Moon Crisis!"
From all of the senshi a beam of power shot forward and into the crescent
moon in the center of the platform. It all vanished into a hole that formed
in it. A few seconds passed. Then a swirling oval of colours formed at one
side of the raised part of the platform and grew to about the height of a
person. Then the portal moved backwards, revealing Eternal Sailor Pluto. She
was standing there expressionless, the garnet orb on the time staff glowing
brightly. When the portal had revealed all of her it split into two separate
portals and stopped just behind her. Then those two portals travelled
backwards and revealed Princess Serenity with Luna on her shoulder and
Prince Endymion. The portals closed. The arriving senshi took in their
surroundings. "You're all here!" Serenity exclaimed.
"There is little time for rejoicing," Haiku announced. "Everyone, gather in
a circle. Everyone gathered in a circle. The raised part of the platform
lowered and the pedestal took its place.
'You have all done a great job,' Sailor Saturn thought to all of the people.
'The mission has been successful. Thank you. We will send you all home.' All
of the people standing on Crescent Island wavered and vanished. The dome
repelling the Creators vanished and down from the sky, power flowed down,
back into the ginzuishou. Haiku removed the ginzuishou from the pedestal and
the sky turned back to blue. The Creators swirled around the senshi.
Somehow, they all managed to join hands. "SAILOR TELEPORT!"
An aura of light surrounded the senshi and warded off the Creators. The
senshi vanished.
********
They appeared in the transfer room of Resistance headquarters. A door slid
open and Artemis came through. "Congratulations! You made it. Didn't I tell
you that I'd have everything fixed up by the time you got back?"
Luna jumped off Serenity's shoulder and took on her human form. "Artemis,"
she called out and gave him a hug.
"We're all together again!"
"Things are finally going to be all right."
"I wouldn't be so sure now," Artemis said, "Follow me to the control centre.
He led everyone present to the control centre. "This battle is far from
over." He motioned to a giant monitor. He brought up a picture of the
platform in the middle of the ocean. "Crescent Island has returned to the
ocean but the platform has not. It will be needed again. The scene changed.
Now there was a picture of the volcanic region. It was a picture of the
Command Point, only there was another point about half the size of it next
to it. "This point has risen in the volcanic region. I know nothing about
it. Also I have been getting strange energy readings coming from the arctic
region. Possibly a weapon. These are just some of the things that need to be
investigated."
"But we can do it." Serenity exclaimed. "We just have to. We must be able to
return peace to the world, even if it will take us some time."
"Time," Sailor Pluto murmured. "Something I wish knew what was happening
to."
Fini!
To be continued....
And there is the end of part one of Sailor Moon: World Rebirth.
Next is part 2, Beyond the Horizon of Time, 5 episodes that follow Usagi, Mamoru
and Luna.
Episode 12 'The Gathering, Arrival of the Lost'
The senshi appeared in a dome shaped room. On the floor was an eight pointed
star with one of the planet signs at each point. In the middle was the
symbol of the moon. "Where are we now?" Michiru asked immediately.
Chibi-usa stepped away and towards a door. "I re-directed the teleport as
this would be the best place for us to get all the facts straight. This is
Resistance headquarters. Follow me." The senshi followed Chibi-usa down a
hallway and into another room. This room had ten chairs around a table. On
the table was steaming food. There was a man sitting at the table.
"Just in time." he said. He leapt up and gave Sailor Venus a hug. "It's good
to see you again Mina," he said. "I've missed you."
"Oh Artemis, I missed you too."
"This is Artemis?" Sailor Uranus asked.
"Before we went to North America, Luna and Artemis found a way to become human."
"Everything will be explained over dinner. Now everyone change back and sit
down. This is going to take a while." The senshi transformed and spread
themselves around the table. The food was great. "Now where should we start.
Hmmmm, how about you Chibi-usa, they probably want to hear your story."
"All right. And I prefer 'Haiku' much more so just stick with it." 'Hmmmm.
How much should I tell them...' "I'm not even sure if Crystal Tokyo still
exists but Neo-Queen Serenity was alright. A year after that my mother
started to worry because Sailor Pluto would not come to her summons. Then,
after another half of a year this sword appeared. It allowed me to travel
back in time. By a stroke of luck I managed to get to Resistance. Then I
spent 6 months training for this mission. You're right about The Gathering,
it's not just a battle against the Creators, it's a summoning. We're going
to bring Usagi and Mamoru and Luna back." Haiku stopped for a second, to let
it sink in.
"But why do you look so much older, and why didn't we recognize you?"
"Well, the age has to do with this sword." she brought out the sword she
always carried with herself. "It aged me about five years. And you didn't
recognize me for a couple of reasons. One, was I left before the final
battle. Because the world was ruined, there was a chance that Crystal Tokyo
was gone too. Two, there was a spell cast on me. For some reason it was
thought better that you didn't know who I was. At the time we figured it
would be easier if we kept things simple. The spell enhanced the first
reason."
"Why didn't you transform when we were in trouble. It would have helped a
lot."
"Well, I kind of screwed that up. When I first arrived I tried the
transformation. Everything worked great. The problem occurred when I tried
to transform out. I kind of got stuck half in and half out. That's why the
crescent moon is on my forehead."
"Did you use the sword?" Hotaru asked.
"What do you mean?"
"When you transformed the sword must have increased your powers. I recognize
some of the runes on the blade. They are runes that were used during the
Silver Millenium. If you didn't use the sword to transform out, then of
course some part of you would stay in the transformation."
"Okay, I'll try it." Haiku held the sword out in front of her and
concentrated. When she removed the bandana the moon was gone. "That's
better."
"How did you become seventeen from three years old Hotaru?"
"The chaos dragon of silence came to be so the spirit of Saturn was
summoned. Since I was too young to be a senshi it aged me again. In
my eternal transformation I grew wings and I flew to help you as fast as I
could."
"What are we going to do now?"
"Umm, I don't know. Artemis, what's the next part of our plan?" Haiku asked.
"A little before you arrived we found the staging point for The Gathering.
It's a platform out in the middle of the ocean. It has the eight-pointed
star with the symbols of the senshi on it, and the moon in the center. I
suggest you transport there. From there, you should be able to bring about
Crescent Island. But for now, all of you look awful, you should get some
rest. There are some rooms down the hall."
"I can go for that."
Haiku led the others down a bunch of different hallways. "Haiku," Ami asked,
"Where exactly are we?"
"We're on the ocean floor. It's the foundation of future Crystal Tokyo. From
the outside it looks like a bunch of crystals and domes; a mixture of
technology and magic. The reason there are some domes is because the
crystals have to grow first. After the darkness this place just happened to
start growing. This is where Artemis found himself when he woke up. Most of
the common people of the world are unhappy so it wasn't hard to get some of
them to come and help direct the building of the place." Haiku led them into
a round room with about twenty rooms branching off from 5 hallways. "These
will be the staff quarters of Crystal Tokyo. Pick a room." The girls
scattered around and divided themselves throughout the many rooms. Each room
was well furnished, with comfortable beds, chairs and shelves. There were
also magical closets that produced the type of clothes that you wanted.
Every room had its own bathroom. They all washed and changed into fresh
clothing. All of them slept well that evening.
*******
"RED ALERT! RED ALERT! ALL PERSONNEL TO BATTLE STATIONS." Hotaru woke up to
the sound of an alarm. She got out of bed and walked out of her room. There
was about half a foot of water on the floor and it was slowly rising. The
other senshi were already there. Like her, they weren't wearing a whole lot
because they had been rushed out of bed. Artemis was running down the
hallway towards them. Haiku ran to meet him. "What's going on?!"
"It's the Creators. They must have traced the teleportation of all of you.
There isn't much time. Transform and follow me to the transfer room.
Hopefully it isn't under water because you all have to go straight to the
Gathering location."
"Mercury Eternal, Unite!"
"Mars Eternal, Unite!"
"Jupiter Eternal,"
"Venus Eternal, Unite!"
"Uranus Eternal, Unite!"
"Neptune Eternal, Unite!"
"Saturn Eternal...."
They ran down the hallway. The water was about a foot high. "There are some
hallways that have been completely submerged. We have them blocked off with
forcefields that only block ocean water. I hope you don't mind having a
little swim." The senshi jumped through a transparent wall into a section of
the hall that was completely flooded. It was just a short swim to the next
water blocker so they didn't have to hold their breath for very long. They
ran down the next corridor, or rather swam down it because the water was now
four feet deep.
At last they reached the transfer room. "Just imagine the same floor as
there is here, only with sky above." Artemis instructed as the spread out
around the room.
"But what about you?"
"After you leave I'll activate a command that will transfer the whole
Resistance complex underground. When the mission is complete, teleport back.
The senshi gathered in a circle in the room. "SAILOR TELEPORT." As soon as
they were gone Artemis transported from the transfer room to the control
centre. After fiddling with some controls the whole underwater complex
disappeared into the sand of the ocean floor. Once it was entirely under he
brought up a status map of the complex and used magic to start repairs on
various parts of it.
The senshi appeared on a platform in the middle of the ocean. The platform
was about twenty feet across with the familiar eight-pointed star engraved
on it. Rising from the center of the crescent moon in the center of the
platform was a pedestal with a small indent in it. The senshi took their
places around the star. Haiku held up the ginzuishou of the future up in
front of her and she shifted into her moon princess dress. She sat the
ginzuishou in the indent in the pedestal. Light flashed from it to
everywhere and then a beam shot up from the whole platform to the sky. Power
shot throughout the world, and the sky turned green. All around the senshi
Crescent Island began to rise out of the water. It was rocky and had a few
trees on it. The gateway to other dimensions was open. The Gathering had
begun.
********
Urawa and the others in the Command City of Kaipo were gathered together.
One minute they were there, and the next they weren't.
********
Members of the hidden fortress in Toria had travelled to the Command City.
There they met Professor Tomoe and his colleuges. They all vanished.
********
The villagers of Dohilne were outside staring out into the green sky. They
faded away.
********
People living in the Caverns of Shmyte had been on supply trip to the
Command City of Akfzo. They and the good people of the city faded away into
nothing.
********
The inhabitants of Rashka weren't very aware of what the world was like, but
when the sky turned the green they all gathered together. The village elder
bowed his head and they blurred into nothing.
********
All around the senshi on Crescent Island all of those people appeared. Some
were scared, some were curious, some were calm, and some were panicking.
Above all of them in the sky, a black mist was growing. Sailor Saturn closed
her eyes. 'Listen to me.' she thought. Through some power all of the people
there could hear her thoughts. 'The Creators are coming to attempt to cancel
The Gathering. That cannot happen. We need every one of you to help. In all
people there is an essence of life, of power. Each of us may use that power
once or twice in the period of our lives, but the effect just comes out as
some mental ability, and is not noticed. All of you have to find that
essence; the point inside you where it is, and direct it outward. Form a
shield that the Creators cannot break through.'
No matter how silly it sounded all of the people tried it, and with a little
help found the power they were looking for. Around Crescent Island a dome
shield formed, shutting out the Creators.
Haiku moved to the point of the star where Pluto should have been. The
pedestal sunk into the platform, and then an outcrop rose on the inside of
the star. There was room enough for three people on it. "The other side of
the gate has been opened," Haiku called. "Use your power to connect them."
"Mercury Eternal Power!"
"Mars Eternal Power!"
"Jupiter Eternal Power!"
"Venus Eternal Power!"
"Neptune Eternal Power!"
"Uranus Eternal Power!"
"Saturn Eternal Power!"
"Moon Crisis!"
From all of the senshi a beam of power shot forward and into the crescent
moon in the center of the platform. It all vanished into a hole that formed
in it. A few seconds passed. Then a swirling oval of colours formed at one
side of the raised part of the platform and grew to about the height of a
person. Then the portal moved backwards, revealing Eternal Sailor Pluto. She
was standing there expressionless, the garnet orb on the time staff glowing
brightly. When the portal had revealed all of her it split into two separate
portals and stopped just behind her. Then those two portals travelled
backwards and revealed Princess Serenity with Luna on her shoulder and
Prince Endymion. The portals closed. The arriving senshi took in their
surroundings. "You're all here!" Serenity exclaimed.
"There is little time for rejoicing," Haiku announced. "Everyone, gather in
a circle. Everyone gathered in a circle. The raised part of the platform
lowered and the pedestal took its place.
'You have all done a great job,' Sailor Saturn thought to all of the people.
'The mission has been successful. Thank you. We will send you all home.' All
of the people standing on Crescent Island wavered and vanished. The dome
repelling the Creators vanished and down from the sky, power flowed down,
back into the ginzuishou. Haiku removed the ginzuishou from the pedestal and
the sky turned back to blue. The Creators swirled around the senshi.
Somehow, they all managed to join hands. "SAILOR TELEPORT!"
An aura of light surrounded the senshi and warded off the Creators. The
senshi vanished.
********
They appeared in the transfer room of Resistance headquarters. A door slid
open and Artemis came through. "Congratulations! You made it. Didn't I tell
you that I'd have everything fixed up by the time you got back?"
Luna jumped off Serenity's shoulder and took on her human form. "Artemis,"
she called out and gave him a hug.
"We're all together again!"
"Things are finally going to be all right."
"I wouldn't be so sure now," Artemis said, "Follow me to the control centre.
He led everyone present to the control centre. "This battle is far from
over." He motioned to a giant monitor. He brought up a picture of the
platform in the middle of the ocean. "Crescent Island has returned to the
ocean but the platform has not. It will be needed again. The scene changed.
Now there was a picture of the volcanic region. It was a picture of the
Command Point, only there was another point about half the size of it next
to it. "This point has risen in the volcanic region. I know nothing about
it. Also I have been getting strange energy readings coming from the arctic
region. Possibly a weapon. These are just some of the things that need to be
investigated."
"But we can do it." Serenity exclaimed. "We just have to. We must be able to
return peace to the world, even if it will take us some time."
"Time," Sailor Pluto murmured. "Something I wish knew what was happening
to."
Fini!
To be continued....
And there is the end of part one of Sailor Moon: World Rebirth.
Next is part 2, Beyond the Horizon of Time, 5 episodes that follow Usagi, Mamoru
and Luna.