Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 5: Chapter 15 'Truth'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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"Castor! Pollux!" Uranus growled.
"What have you done to them?!" Eternal Sailor Moon wailed.
"The same thing we'll do to you!" Pollux laughed. The twins lunged for the trio of Senshi and unleashed a powerful attack. The three were knocked back into the wall behind them.
* * *
"Her jacket isn't in here!" Remarked Kisaki.
"But then why did she say that it was?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"To get us away from the room?" She suggested.
"I have a bad feeling..." Chibi-Usa twisted around. "Let's go!"
Kisaki nodded. The two burst into a run, and arrived a little too late.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-Usa yelled. "Sailor Uranus! Neptune!"
"Hey! Stop that!" Kisaki ordered.
Pollux laughed and hit the two children with energy. "WWWAAAAAA!"
Chibi-Usa groaned and shook the unconscious Kisaki but she didn't wake.
"Hey! You hurt my new friend!" Chibi-Usa snapped angrily. "You're going to pay for that!" She grabbed the locket pinned to her bow and summoned her transform. "PINK MOON CRYSTAL POWER... MAKE UP!!!"
"What?! A Sailor Senshi?!"
"That's right!" Sailor Chibi-Moon pointed to the pair. "How dare you hurt my friends! How dare you ruin a birthday party! I won't forgive you! In the name of the future Moon, you're punished! I'm Sailor Chibi-Moon!"
"Whatever, twerp. Just die!" Pollux attacked her but Chibi-Moon stood her ground.
* * *
Makoto peered out to check on the others. [They should be done soon.] She gasped. "Oh no! Guys?!" She ran out to help. "Hey leave them alone!"
She was tossed back into the other three Senshi by Castor's attack.
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Kisaki shook her head and glanced around. Sailor Chibi-Moon was fighting the two men. [Chibi-Usa?! Chibi-Moon looks like Chibi-Usa!] Sailor Moon, Uranus, and Neptune had gotten on their feet and were helping Makoto up. The other party members had been trapped. [Not for long.] She thought.
But something suddenly caught her attention.
"Akuma get her!" Pollux ordered and pointed to Makoto. The hidden Akuma jumped for Makoto who, in turn, dodged.
"Fire one!" It yelled. The chain spiraled out at her and hit Makoto before she could get out of the way a second time. Makoto screamed in pain as her Pure Heart was taken.
"Mako-chan!" Sailor Moon screamed. She ran out and jumped for the Pure Heart. Pollux and Castor attacked back though. Sailor Moon tried to avoid the energy but she couldn't. The energy spiraled around her tearing her clothes. Her wings shredded and she crossed her arms protectively. A crack formed on her broach. "Oh no!" She wailed as they attacked another time and it shattered, reversing her transformation. "NO!" Usagi yelled again. She screamed as she fell backward, deeply wounded.
"Usagi?!" Neptune called in worry.
"Odango?!" Yelled Uranus.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-Moon shouted to her future parent.
A blast of energy bounced off Castor's hand and sent the Pure Heart flying. A figure leapt down and caught it. "Thanks for the Pure Heart." It said.
"Hey! Give that back!"
"I don't think so."
"Sailor Luna!" Gasped Hotaru, who had awoken and recognized her. Her friends had woken up, also.
"Nice to see you, too." Sailor Luna mocked. She glanced back at the Pure Heart and frowned. "Another failure. Oh well. A pity." She let it fall onto the ground, pulled out her gun and pointed at it.
"No!" The Senshi yelled.
Kisaki suddenly rammed into her. Sailor Luna missed! "Hey! Get out of my way!" She slapped Kisaki back but Kisaki jumped up again. "Fool." Sailor Luna hissed aiming her gun at Kisaki instead.
"No! Don't hurt Chibi-Usa's friend!" She glared at her.
Sailor Luna put down her gun but still countered: "And what is a kid like you going to do about it?"
Kisaki considered her options and knelt to the ground. She placed her hand on the carpet and a glob of liquidity goo emerged. It melted and reshaped into a humanoid figure and gained a complexion close to Sailor Luna's.
"What the..." All the Senshi murmured.
Kisaki pointed to the Pure Heart. "That red crystal. Give it to me, unharmed. Okay?"
"No problem!" The creature attacked Sailor Luna and there was an explosion. It tossed out wads of wax, one that Sailor Luna was trapped into. The creature took the Pure Heart and gave it to Kisaki.
"Thanks." Kisaki said with a smile.
"That kid..." Muttered Castor to Pollux.
Pollux elbowed his twin. "Let's go...!"
"Okay!" As Pollux vanished, Castor called to the Senshi before leaving also: "Kill ya next time, Sailor Senshi!"
Kisaki held the Pure Heart in her hands for a moment then ran over to Sailor Chibi-Moon. "Here, help her."
"Thanks, Kisaki." Chibi-Moon smiled back. She ran over to Makoto and let the Pure Heart float back in.
Meanwhile Sailor Luna had broken free and escaped through the door.
"Ugh..." Makoto moaned. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you in a little bit." Chibi-Moon responded.
* * *
"So let's here it." Michiru persisted. "Who are you really? And what was that monster you created?"
"Yeah... I want to hear, too." Minako agreed. The other Senshi nodded, and sided with Michiru and Minako.
"I never lied to anyone..." Kisaki whispered. "I swear! I just wanted to help..."
"I don't think so, kid." Haruka shook her head and folded her arms. "The truth."
"It always ends up like this..." She whispered. "I don't blame you for being scared... I just... I thought..." Her eyes held back the surfacing pain. "Just forget it!" She raced out the door and out into the street.
The other glanced at each other in surprise. "I think we were a little too hard on her."
Usagi frowned. "No kidding."
"Kisaki's really sensitive!" Chibi-Usa scrambled to the door. "She's not a bad person!"
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Kisaki wiped the tears from her eyes as she ran past the people on the streets and toward her apartment on one of the back streets of the city. [I knew it... I knew this would happen... Why did I have to do that?! It ruined everything! But they would have found out sooner or later anyhow...
[I thought for sure that Chibi-Usa could be my friend... She was so nice... Like she really cared... But I was wrong... Nobody cares... why would they? I'm a freak... I can create MONSTERS! But they aren't monsters... their my friends... my only real friends... They don't turn on you or tease you... or trick you either... I'm alone... I always will be alone... I have to be alone...]
She slid down onto the ground outside her door and sniffled again. [It's no fair... Why can't I be normal?] She watched small drops fall onto the road, creating a puddle of water. Streaks from the sky fell onto the rooftops and pattered softly. The sky darkened and lightning flashed in the distance. But she didn't care - it was just rain.
Kisaki waved her hand, weaving energy around her fingers. A small mouse dissolved, trying to balance on a ball but it fell on its head. This trick, which usually cheered her up, just made her even more upset. "Why can't I be like everybody else?! It's just not...!"
A hand shook her out of her sadness. Kisaki looked up in surprise. "Chibi-Usa?!"
Chibi-Usa smiled. "I'm glad I finally found you. I was getting worried."
"You were?!" Kisaki shook her head in disbelief.
"Of course!" Chibi-Usa tilted her head in confusion. "Hey, I'm sorry about the others. They were just afraid you might be a bad person, but you aren't. So we're still friends... right?" Chibi-Usa looked at her hopefully.
"If... you really mean it... I would love to have a friend..." Kisaki managed to give a weak smile back.
"Great!" Chibi-Usa cheered then noticed the mouse and it's ball. "Hey? Did you make that mouse?"
"Yeah... does it bother you?" Kisaki looked at it anxiously.
"No way! It's so cute!" Chibi-Usa giggled. "Can it do any other tricks?"
"Yeah! A ton!"
Thunder brought their conversation to a halt. "It's going to rain really bad really soon." Kisaki remarked. "You're pretty far from your house, right?"
"A little..." Chibi-Usa admitted.
"Why don't you stay at my place until it blows over?" She waved her hand to the door behind her.
"Hey! Great! I'd love to!"
* * *
"I'm sorry your birthday party was ruined, Michiru..." Usagi apologized.
"It's alright..." Michiru sighed sadly. "It's the thought that counts..."
"Man! I wish there was something else we could do!" Minako complained.
"Michiru? Anywhere you want to go?" asked Mamoru.
"Well... I wouldn't mind going to the beach..." She admitted.
"That's a great idea!" Hotaru exclaimed.
"Then it's settled, Michiru's Surprise Birthday Party is now Michiru's Beach Birthday Party." Setsuna agreed.
"How about we go this weekend?" Offered Ami.
Okugi nodded. "That'll be perfect. You guys will be out of school and I'll be off work."
"Hurray!" Usagi cried happily.
"Agreed!" Makoto stuck her thumb up in approval.
Haruka glanced at her watch and nudged Michiru. "I think the meetings over..."
"But what about that strange figure you saw, did he say anything?" Ami asked.
Michiru frowned. "Only to stay out of his or her way or we'll get hurt."
"Anything else?" Minako glanced suspiciously at them.
"No..." Haruka shook her head.
"What about this friend of Chibi-Usa's?" Hotaru asked.
"What do you mean?" Usagi tilted her head, confused.
"I mean: is Chibi-Usa safe with her near? She could be like I was. You know - with Mistress 9." Hotaru sighed. "If that evil awoke with Chibi-Usa nearby, she could be hurt... This Kisaki... she could be dangerous."
"No way!" Usagi protested. "She saved Mako-chan's life!"
"Let's not worry about this today - we're not going to get anywhere." Setsuna intervened quickly. "We'll talk about it at our next meeting. For now let's worry about the party and our enemy."
Everyone agreed and dispersed to return home.
* * *
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi slid next to Mamoru.
Mamoru smiled when he saw her. "What's up?"
"I was wondering... umm..." she fidgeted. "Have you been sleeping well?"
[Huh?!] Mamoru looked surprised. [Does she know?! What do I say?!] "Why do you ask?"
"Because I talked to Kaylyn while I was dreaming earlier... and... she told me that she had been talking to you..."
"She told you..." he whispered. "I... I'm sorry I lied, Usa... I didn't want you hurt... I didn't know what to do... Everything was happing so fast and..."
She placed a finger on his lips and smiled. "It's alright, I understand." She looped her arms around him. "She also said that in our past lives, she was your half-sister. That explains why she came to you for help."
"She's... my sister?!" Mamoru didn't quiet know what to say. "Does she mean we could be family in this life?"
"I never asked... The thought never occurred to me. The only bad part it is that she also said that the Negafleet's leader, Morpheus, is her father. I don't know if he's yours, too..."
"Morpheus could be my father..." he shook his head in bewilderment. "I... I..."
"Don't worry, Mamo-chan, everything will work out. I'll be here, right beside you."
"But... I..."
"So that if you ever need me... you'll know where I am."
"Usa... Me too... I'll be there for you too."
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"I don't understand...." Hotaru frowned. "What does she mean by 'your enemies could be your friends'?"
"Sailor Luna?" Michiru wondered.
"Not possible." Setsuna shook her head.
"What do you mean?! Maybe she is just controlled! Like I was - with Mistress..." Hotaru stopped as a thought occurred to her. "I said that same thing about Kisaki..."
"Hotaru..." Setsuna sighed. "Sailor Luna is a pawn like the rest of the Negafleet. She exists for only one purpose. And that is to find the Lunar Heart. She will never be an ally, I'm afraid..."
"What do you mean?" Haruka asked. "Exists for only one purpose?"
"I... can't tell you yet..."
"But that still doesn't answer our original question. Why did Kaylyn tell us that?"
"All I can say right now is that she was talking about the Negafleet."
"The Tri-Fates?" Hotaru suggested after a long pause.
"No, not them."
"But then who?" Michiru speculated.
* * *
Through the window people could see two little girls on a large bed giggling again. Two figures stopped in front. "That's new. Usually she's in there alone."
The man nodded. "I'm glad the kid's finally found a friend."
"Hinshi?" The woman asked. "Who's the pink-haired girl? She's not from around here, is she?"
"No, Hidama." Hinshi Seidan responded. "She lives with that girl we met in the arcade the other day."
"Hey!" Someone wave to the pair.
Hidama Seishou waved back. "Okugi!"
Okugi scrambled over to them and grinned. "What are you two up to?"
"Just checking on Miss Yumeno, that's all."
Okugi glanced through the window. "Hey! I didn't know Chibi-Usa was here! I though she'd lost her!"
"Chibi-Usa? You mean the pink-haired girl?" Hinshi asked.
"You know her?" Hidama glanced toward the children.
"Yep! I'll explain, don't worry." He assured.
* * *
"We have to find a way to get Mars back." Minako mused.
"But we don't even know where to look!" Makoto pointed out.
Kouhi chuckled. "Hikawa."
"Huh?"
"That's right!" Ami exclaimed. "We can search the Academy!"
"But we aren't students!" Minako protested. "And there are too many guards to sneak in. The Outers can't fight them - they're not strong enough alone! And my Moon Compact will only work for one person - the same for Usagi's Lunar Pen. And we'll need more that the two of us to break Mars out! Kouhi will be expected in class. There's no way we can get in there without drawing attention to us!"
"Not if you enroll." Kouhi suggested.
"Change schools?!" Makoto gasped.
"It'd work." Ami nodded. "We would be free to wander."
"She has a point. They won't be able to keep track of all of us if we are right under their noses. It would be a great position incase we have to attack them." Artemis spoke from Minako's shoulder.
"Well..." Minako considered her options. "Usagi too?"
"Yep. Otherwise we won't be able to keep an eye on her. We don't want her stealing away in the middle of the night to save Mars." Luna, who was perched on Ami's shoulder, told the other girls.
"Alright. Lets do it." Minako sighted and looked at Artemis, worried.
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"Sailor Mars was taken?!" Houshu squeaked.
"Yes..." Hana looked worried. "I never though it would happen..."
"Things are getting crazy!" Irori growled. "What do we do?!"
"I don't know..." Kei pulled at her hair. "Grr... The Princess could be next."
"But we HAVE to do SOMETHING!" Irori exclaimed.
"Iro-chan... clam down..." Houshu waved her hands.
"The only thing I can think of is to help them." Kei said quietly.
"No way!" Hana protested. "You remember that the Queen said 'not until she's a true Senshi!'"
"It's either that or take the chance of her being hurt, taken, or even... killed!" Kei pointed out. "Anyway, we don't have to help them completely."
"What do you mean?" Houshu asked, perplexed.
"Well, we don't have to tell them our identities. We can just help them as Senshi!"
"Hey! That's great! It'll solve both problems!" Irori obviously approved.
"I guess so..." Hana reluctantly agreed.
* * *
Mars glance through the other side of her mirror and scanned to room she was in. She noticed the centerpiece alter-like structure and the mirror that showed other places. Another one next to it on the right, though, caught her attention. It was actually a stone slab. But the print on it wasn't one she could real, so whatever was written on it remained a mystery. The mirror on the left of the seeing mirror also held something of interest in it. Unlike the other mirrors that were in this circle, this one had a person inside. The person didn't notice Mars, however, for their back was leaning against the mirror.
"Hey..." Mars called.
The person glanced around. "Who spoke... to me?"
"Yeah... you." Sailor Mars nodded. "How'd you get in here? You have a name? I'm..."
"You're Sailor Mars." The girl smiled. "The Soldier of War with the blessings from the planet - Mars, the princess of that same planet - from the Phobos Deimos Castle, and one of Princess Serenity's protectors. I know who you are."
"But how? Who are you?"
"Princess Kaylyn. The Soldier of Vision with the blessings from the long-since, dead planet - Somnus, the princess of Somnus - born in the Hypnos Castle, one of Queen Serenity's protectors - Sailor Somnus, and the holder of the Lunar Heart."
"You're... Kaylyn... The one we've been looking for?!" Mars stared at Kaylyn.
"Yes..." she sighed. "I'm sorry... This entire war is my fault..."
"What do you mean?!"
"I... if I had been a true Senshi, I would have been able to prevent this. But I was a foolish child. I thought I could win by myself... and instead I was captured. And then Sage went after the rest of you. I should have had more confidence in all of you. This is all my..."
Sage stormed in to the room in a blazing fury. She barged over to Kaylyn's mirror and shook it harshly. Inside Kaylyn was being jolted. "This is all your fault!" She stopped and stared at her coldly. "You're helping them somehow! Aren't you!" She accused.
"And what if I am?" Kaylyn responded coolly. "There's little I can do. You've made sure of that." Suddenly she grinned. "Oh I get it. The Senshi beat you and you mad about it."
"SHUT UP!" Sage roared and rattled the mirror again.
"You just can't win, can you?" Kaylyn mocked through the shakes.
"YOU LITTLE...!" Sage blasted the mirror with pulsing electricity.
"Aaaahhhhh!" Kaylyn screamed in pain.
"Stop it!" Mars yelled, but Sage just continued to laugh, ignoring her.
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 5: Chapter 15 'Truth'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
Book 5: Chapter 15 'Truth'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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"Castor! Pollux!" Uranus growled.
"What have you done to them?!" Eternal Sailor Moon wailed.
"The same thing we'll do to you!" Pollux laughed. The twins lunged for the trio of Senshi and unleashed a powerful attack. The three were knocked back into the wall behind them.
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"Her jacket isn't in here!" Remarked Kisaki.
"But then why did she say that it was?" Chibi-Usa asked.
"To get us away from the room?" She suggested.
"I have a bad feeling..." Chibi-Usa twisted around. "Let's go!"
Kisaki nodded. The two burst into a run, and arrived a little too late.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-Usa yelled. "Sailor Uranus! Neptune!"
"Hey! Stop that!" Kisaki ordered.
Pollux laughed and hit the two children with energy. "WWWAAAAAA!"
Chibi-Usa groaned and shook the unconscious Kisaki but she didn't wake.
"Hey! You hurt my new friend!" Chibi-Usa snapped angrily. "You're going to pay for that!" She grabbed the locket pinned to her bow and summoned her transform. "PINK MOON CRYSTAL POWER... MAKE UP!!!"
"What?! A Sailor Senshi?!"
"That's right!" Sailor Chibi-Moon pointed to the pair. "How dare you hurt my friends! How dare you ruin a birthday party! I won't forgive you! In the name of the future Moon, you're punished! I'm Sailor Chibi-Moon!"
"Whatever, twerp. Just die!" Pollux attacked her but Chibi-Moon stood her ground.
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Makoto peered out to check on the others. [They should be done soon.] She gasped. "Oh no! Guys?!" She ran out to help. "Hey leave them alone!"
She was tossed back into the other three Senshi by Castor's attack.
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Kisaki shook her head and glanced around. Sailor Chibi-Moon was fighting the two men. [Chibi-Usa?! Chibi-Moon looks like Chibi-Usa!] Sailor Moon, Uranus, and Neptune had gotten on their feet and were helping Makoto up. The other party members had been trapped. [Not for long.] She thought.
But something suddenly caught her attention.
"Akuma get her!" Pollux ordered and pointed to Makoto. The hidden Akuma jumped for Makoto who, in turn, dodged.
"Fire one!" It yelled. The chain spiraled out at her and hit Makoto before she could get out of the way a second time. Makoto screamed in pain as her Pure Heart was taken.
"Mako-chan!" Sailor Moon screamed. She ran out and jumped for the Pure Heart. Pollux and Castor attacked back though. Sailor Moon tried to avoid the energy but she couldn't. The energy spiraled around her tearing her clothes. Her wings shredded and she crossed her arms protectively. A crack formed on her broach. "Oh no!" She wailed as they attacked another time and it shattered, reversing her transformation. "NO!" Usagi yelled again. She screamed as she fell backward, deeply wounded.
"Usagi?!" Neptune called in worry.
"Odango?!" Yelled Uranus.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-Moon shouted to her future parent.
A blast of energy bounced off Castor's hand and sent the Pure Heart flying. A figure leapt down and caught it. "Thanks for the Pure Heart." It said.
"Hey! Give that back!"
"I don't think so."
"Sailor Luna!" Gasped Hotaru, who had awoken and recognized her. Her friends had woken up, also.
"Nice to see you, too." Sailor Luna mocked. She glanced back at the Pure Heart and frowned. "Another failure. Oh well. A pity." She let it fall onto the ground, pulled out her gun and pointed at it.
"No!" The Senshi yelled.
Kisaki suddenly rammed into her. Sailor Luna missed! "Hey! Get out of my way!" She slapped Kisaki back but Kisaki jumped up again. "Fool." Sailor Luna hissed aiming her gun at Kisaki instead.
"No! Don't hurt Chibi-Usa's friend!" She glared at her.
Sailor Luna put down her gun but still countered: "And what is a kid like you going to do about it?"
Kisaki considered her options and knelt to the ground. She placed her hand on the carpet and a glob of liquidity goo emerged. It melted and reshaped into a humanoid figure and gained a complexion close to Sailor Luna's.
"What the..." All the Senshi murmured.
Kisaki pointed to the Pure Heart. "That red crystal. Give it to me, unharmed. Okay?"
"No problem!" The creature attacked Sailor Luna and there was an explosion. It tossed out wads of wax, one that Sailor Luna was trapped into. The creature took the Pure Heart and gave it to Kisaki.
"Thanks." Kisaki said with a smile.
"That kid..." Muttered Castor to Pollux.
Pollux elbowed his twin. "Let's go...!"
"Okay!" As Pollux vanished, Castor called to the Senshi before leaving also: "Kill ya next time, Sailor Senshi!"
Kisaki held the Pure Heart in her hands for a moment then ran over to Sailor Chibi-Moon. "Here, help her."
"Thanks, Kisaki." Chibi-Moon smiled back. She ran over to Makoto and let the Pure Heart float back in.
Meanwhile Sailor Luna had broken free and escaped through the door.
"Ugh..." Makoto moaned. "What happened?"
"I'll tell you in a little bit." Chibi-Moon responded.
* * *
"So let's here it." Michiru persisted. "Who are you really? And what was that monster you created?"
"Yeah... I want to hear, too." Minako agreed. The other Senshi nodded, and sided with Michiru and Minako.
"I never lied to anyone..." Kisaki whispered. "I swear! I just wanted to help..."
"I don't think so, kid." Haruka shook her head and folded her arms. "The truth."
"It always ends up like this..." She whispered. "I don't blame you for being scared... I just... I thought..." Her eyes held back the surfacing pain. "Just forget it!" She raced out the door and out into the street.
The other glanced at each other in surprise. "I think we were a little too hard on her."
Usagi frowned. "No kidding."
"Kisaki's really sensitive!" Chibi-Usa scrambled to the door. "She's not a bad person!"
* * *
Kisaki wiped the tears from her eyes as she ran past the people on the streets and toward her apartment on one of the back streets of the city. [I knew it... I knew this would happen... Why did I have to do that?! It ruined everything! But they would have found out sooner or later anyhow...
[I thought for sure that Chibi-Usa could be my friend... She was so nice... Like she really cared... But I was wrong... Nobody cares... why would they? I'm a freak... I can create MONSTERS! But they aren't monsters... their my friends... my only real friends... They don't turn on you or tease you... or trick you either... I'm alone... I always will be alone... I have to be alone...]
She slid down onto the ground outside her door and sniffled again. [It's no fair... Why can't I be normal?] She watched small drops fall onto the road, creating a puddle of water. Streaks from the sky fell onto the rooftops and pattered softly. The sky darkened and lightning flashed in the distance. But she didn't care - it was just rain.
Kisaki waved her hand, weaving energy around her fingers. A small mouse dissolved, trying to balance on a ball but it fell on its head. This trick, which usually cheered her up, just made her even more upset. "Why can't I be like everybody else?! It's just not...!"
A hand shook her out of her sadness. Kisaki looked up in surprise. "Chibi-Usa?!"
Chibi-Usa smiled. "I'm glad I finally found you. I was getting worried."
"You were?!" Kisaki shook her head in disbelief.
"Of course!" Chibi-Usa tilted her head in confusion. "Hey, I'm sorry about the others. They were just afraid you might be a bad person, but you aren't. So we're still friends... right?" Chibi-Usa looked at her hopefully.
"If... you really mean it... I would love to have a friend..." Kisaki managed to give a weak smile back.
"Great!" Chibi-Usa cheered then noticed the mouse and it's ball. "Hey? Did you make that mouse?"
"Yeah... does it bother you?" Kisaki looked at it anxiously.
"No way! It's so cute!" Chibi-Usa giggled. "Can it do any other tricks?"
"Yeah! A ton!"
Thunder brought their conversation to a halt. "It's going to rain really bad really soon." Kisaki remarked. "You're pretty far from your house, right?"
"A little..." Chibi-Usa admitted.
"Why don't you stay at my place until it blows over?" She waved her hand to the door behind her.
"Hey! Great! I'd love to!"
* * *
"I'm sorry your birthday party was ruined, Michiru..." Usagi apologized.
"It's alright..." Michiru sighed sadly. "It's the thought that counts..."
"Man! I wish there was something else we could do!" Minako complained.
"Michiru? Anywhere you want to go?" asked Mamoru.
"Well... I wouldn't mind going to the beach..." She admitted.
"That's a great idea!" Hotaru exclaimed.
"Then it's settled, Michiru's Surprise Birthday Party is now Michiru's Beach Birthday Party." Setsuna agreed.
"How about we go this weekend?" Offered Ami.
Okugi nodded. "That'll be perfect. You guys will be out of school and I'll be off work."
"Hurray!" Usagi cried happily.
"Agreed!" Makoto stuck her thumb up in approval.
Haruka glanced at her watch and nudged Michiru. "I think the meetings over..."
"But what about that strange figure you saw, did he say anything?" Ami asked.
Michiru frowned. "Only to stay out of his or her way or we'll get hurt."
"Anything else?" Minako glanced suspiciously at them.
"No..." Haruka shook her head.
"What about this friend of Chibi-Usa's?" Hotaru asked.
"What do you mean?" Usagi tilted her head, confused.
"I mean: is Chibi-Usa safe with her near? She could be like I was. You know - with Mistress 9." Hotaru sighed. "If that evil awoke with Chibi-Usa nearby, she could be hurt... This Kisaki... she could be dangerous."
"No way!" Usagi protested. "She saved Mako-chan's life!"
"Let's not worry about this today - we're not going to get anywhere." Setsuna intervened quickly. "We'll talk about it at our next meeting. For now let's worry about the party and our enemy."
Everyone agreed and dispersed to return home.
* * *
"Mamo-chan!" Usagi slid next to Mamoru.
Mamoru smiled when he saw her. "What's up?"
"I was wondering... umm..." she fidgeted. "Have you been sleeping well?"
[Huh?!] Mamoru looked surprised. [Does she know?! What do I say?!] "Why do you ask?"
"Because I talked to Kaylyn while I was dreaming earlier... and... she told me that she had been talking to you..."
"She told you..." he whispered. "I... I'm sorry I lied, Usa... I didn't want you hurt... I didn't know what to do... Everything was happing so fast and..."
She placed a finger on his lips and smiled. "It's alright, I understand." She looped her arms around him. "She also said that in our past lives, she was your half-sister. That explains why she came to you for help."
"She's... my sister?!" Mamoru didn't quiet know what to say. "Does she mean we could be family in this life?"
"I never asked... The thought never occurred to me. The only bad part it is that she also said that the Negafleet's leader, Morpheus, is her father. I don't know if he's yours, too..."
"Morpheus could be my father..." he shook his head in bewilderment. "I... I..."
"Don't worry, Mamo-chan, everything will work out. I'll be here, right beside you."
"But... I..."
"So that if you ever need me... you'll know where I am."
"Usa... Me too... I'll be there for you too."
* * *
"I don't understand...." Hotaru frowned. "What does she mean by 'your enemies could be your friends'?"
"Sailor Luna?" Michiru wondered.
"Not possible." Setsuna shook her head.
"What do you mean?! Maybe she is just controlled! Like I was - with Mistress..." Hotaru stopped as a thought occurred to her. "I said that same thing about Kisaki..."
"Hotaru..." Setsuna sighed. "Sailor Luna is a pawn like the rest of the Negafleet. She exists for only one purpose. And that is to find the Lunar Heart. She will never be an ally, I'm afraid..."
"What do you mean?" Haruka asked. "Exists for only one purpose?"
"I... can't tell you yet..."
"But that still doesn't answer our original question. Why did Kaylyn tell us that?"
"All I can say right now is that she was talking about the Negafleet."
"The Tri-Fates?" Hotaru suggested after a long pause.
"No, not them."
"But then who?" Michiru speculated.
* * *
Through the window people could see two little girls on a large bed giggling again. Two figures stopped in front. "That's new. Usually she's in there alone."
The man nodded. "I'm glad the kid's finally found a friend."
"Hinshi?" The woman asked. "Who's the pink-haired girl? She's not from around here, is she?"
"No, Hidama." Hinshi Seidan responded. "She lives with that girl we met in the arcade the other day."
"Hey!" Someone wave to the pair.
Hidama Seishou waved back. "Okugi!"
Okugi scrambled over to them and grinned. "What are you two up to?"
"Just checking on Miss Yumeno, that's all."
Okugi glanced through the window. "Hey! I didn't know Chibi-Usa was here! I though she'd lost her!"
"Chibi-Usa? You mean the pink-haired girl?" Hinshi asked.
"You know her?" Hidama glanced toward the children.
"Yep! I'll explain, don't worry." He assured.
* * *
"We have to find a way to get Mars back." Minako mused.
"But we don't even know where to look!" Makoto pointed out.
Kouhi chuckled. "Hikawa."
"Huh?"
"That's right!" Ami exclaimed. "We can search the Academy!"
"But we aren't students!" Minako protested. "And there are too many guards to sneak in. The Outers can't fight them - they're not strong enough alone! And my Moon Compact will only work for one person - the same for Usagi's Lunar Pen. And we'll need more that the two of us to break Mars out! Kouhi will be expected in class. There's no way we can get in there without drawing attention to us!"
"Not if you enroll." Kouhi suggested.
"Change schools?!" Makoto gasped.
"It'd work." Ami nodded. "We would be free to wander."
"She has a point. They won't be able to keep track of all of us if we are right under their noses. It would be a great position incase we have to attack them." Artemis spoke from Minako's shoulder.
"Well..." Minako considered her options. "Usagi too?"
"Yep. Otherwise we won't be able to keep an eye on her. We don't want her stealing away in the middle of the night to save Mars." Luna, who was perched on Ami's shoulder, told the other girls.
"Alright. Lets do it." Minako sighted and looked at Artemis, worried.
* * *
"Sailor Mars was taken?!" Houshu squeaked.
"Yes..." Hana looked worried. "I never though it would happen..."
"Things are getting crazy!" Irori growled. "What do we do?!"
"I don't know..." Kei pulled at her hair. "Grr... The Princess could be next."
"But we HAVE to do SOMETHING!" Irori exclaimed.
"Iro-chan... clam down..." Houshu waved her hands.
"The only thing I can think of is to help them." Kei said quietly.
"No way!" Hana protested. "You remember that the Queen said 'not until she's a true Senshi!'"
"It's either that or take the chance of her being hurt, taken, or even... killed!" Kei pointed out. "Anyway, we don't have to help them completely."
"What do you mean?" Houshu asked, perplexed.
"Well, we don't have to tell them our identities. We can just help them as Senshi!"
"Hey! That's great! It'll solve both problems!" Irori obviously approved.
"I guess so..." Hana reluctantly agreed.
* * *
Mars glance through the other side of her mirror and scanned to room she was in. She noticed the centerpiece alter-like structure and the mirror that showed other places. Another one next to it on the right, though, caught her attention. It was actually a stone slab. But the print on it wasn't one she could real, so whatever was written on it remained a mystery. The mirror on the left of the seeing mirror also held something of interest in it. Unlike the other mirrors that were in this circle, this one had a person inside. The person didn't notice Mars, however, for their back was leaning against the mirror.
"Hey..." Mars called.
The person glanced around. "Who spoke... to me?"
"Yeah... you." Sailor Mars nodded. "How'd you get in here? You have a name? I'm..."
"You're Sailor Mars." The girl smiled. "The Soldier of War with the blessings from the planet - Mars, the princess of that same planet - from the Phobos Deimos Castle, and one of Princess Serenity's protectors. I know who you are."
"But how? Who are you?"
"Princess Kaylyn. The Soldier of Vision with the blessings from the long-since, dead planet - Somnus, the princess of Somnus - born in the Hypnos Castle, one of Queen Serenity's protectors - Sailor Somnus, and the holder of the Lunar Heart."
"You're... Kaylyn... The one we've been looking for?!" Mars stared at Kaylyn.
"Yes..." she sighed. "I'm sorry... This entire war is my fault..."
"What do you mean?!"
"I... if I had been a true Senshi, I would have been able to prevent this. But I was a foolish child. I thought I could win by myself... and instead I was captured. And then Sage went after the rest of you. I should have had more confidence in all of you. This is all my..."
Sage stormed in to the room in a blazing fury. She barged over to Kaylyn's mirror and shook it harshly. Inside Kaylyn was being jolted. "This is all your fault!" She stopped and stared at her coldly. "You're helping them somehow! Aren't you!" She accused.
"And what if I am?" Kaylyn responded coolly. "There's little I can do. You've made sure of that." Suddenly she grinned. "Oh I get it. The Senshi beat you and you mad about it."
"SHUT UP!" Sage roared and rattled the mirror again.
"You just can't win, can you?" Kaylyn mocked through the shakes.
"YOU LITTLE...!" Sage blasted the mirror with pulsing electricity.
"Aaaahhhhh!" Kaylyn screamed in pain.
"Stop it!" Mars yelled, but Sage just continued to laugh, ignoring her.
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 5: Chapter 15 'Truth'
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