Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 7: Chapter 21 'Castor'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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"VENUS LOVING PULSE!!!"
"JUPITER LIGHTNING TREMOR!!!"
Sailor Jupiter and Venus attacked Thalia with their elements but she returned fire and deflected the blast. Before they had a chance to dodge her, Thalia blasted them hard. Both were flung into the fence, which bent by the force of the attack.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"
"Take that!" Thalia laughed.
Jupiter growled as she strained to stand. "I'm going to teach you some manners!" She drew her hands together and tossed out the ring of lightning that appeared.
Thalia jumped easily out of harms way and attacked her. Jupiter was forced into the ground as the energy hit her.
"VENUS LOVING PULSE!!!" A chain of flowers wrapped around Thalia and pulled her into the fence. Thalia snapped the rope and blasted Venus into the metal bleachers.
* * *
The four Amazon Senshi raced to the entrance with Sailor Luna tailing them.
"We've got to stop her!" Juno yelled to the others.
"Let's surprise her and vanish. It'll be easier to move around if she can't find us." Vesta planed out.
"All together!" Pallas ordered. The four jumped towards her.
"What the…?!" She gasped.
"AMAZONESS JUNGLE ARROW!!!"
"Arg!" The impact drove her over the boundary wall and into the bushes.
"Hurry!" Ceres persisted and the group ran to the gates, where Haven had been waiting for them.
"Hello, Senshi." He politely greeted them.
"You again?!" Juno accused.
"What do you want?!" Pallas asked angrily.
"Only to give you some information." He assured.
"Yeah right, you attacked us." Vesta pointed out.
"Actually, we used a shield. You ran into it." He corrected with amusement.
* * *
Neptune leaped out of the way as Calliope tried to fire another round of attacks at her. "Hold still!" The Reflector yelled.
But she didn't pay attention. Sailor Neptune was more worried about luring her victim to the pool. "You have to catch me first! What's the matter? Are you too slow?" She mocked the woman in hopes to distract her from noticing her new environment.
"Why you…?!" Calliope seethed with anger and attacked her again.
[Come on… that's is… just a little farther…] Neptune raced along the side of the tiled floor of the swimming pool. "Hurry up!" She called behind her.
Calliope charged at her again, but she missed and shattered the glass windows in back of the Senshi of the Sea. The glass shards fell like specks of sparkling light in the sunlight falling to the ground - four floors down. Neptune dove into the pool and swam underneath Calliope. "You think you can hide from me?!" the furious woman laughed. "I don't think so!" Explosions of water rained the air as blasts of energy searched for their underwater victim, to no avail.
Neptune quickly surfaced for air and called to her angry foe, "You're not hitting anything but water! You're not a very good aim!"
"That's it! I've had it!" Calliope jumped over the pool and aimed at the soldier. "You're going to pay!"
At the entrance to the locker room, Sailor Uranus stood and waited. She waited to use the hidden object behind her back. She watched as Calliope yelled at Neptune again and suddenly attack her from above. The giant blast poured water over the entire room. Uranus tugged nervously at the long cord attached to the mysterious object she held. [Come on, Neptune… Hurry!]
Neptune leaped out of the water as soon as she saw Calliope was also floating in it with her. Then broke into a run just as Uranus tossed the object - a running heater - into the pool. "Neptune! Now!"
"What?!" Calliope panicked.
"DEEP SUBMERGE!!!"
"WORLD SHAKING!!!"
The mix of weak power hit the machine, causing it to malfunction instead of explode. The electricity surged out of it and effected everything covered by water. Neptune and Uranus jumped out the window and onto one of the tree branches across the broken window just as a large explosion rumbled through the area.
"So much for coming here to swim on weekends…" Neptune sighed sadly.
"At least we got her." Uranus said optimistically.
"Lets go." Neptune said quickly. "The others will surely be attacked and need our help."
* * *
"I'd normally be delighted to destroy you," Euterpe continued to Sailor Pluto and Mercury. "But I have been told by Sage to invite you to the execution of Sailor Mars."
"What?!" Pluto gasped. "You wouldn't!"
"Can and will, Sailor Senshi." She chuckled. "If you wish to know, the meeting will be at the auditorium. See you there!" She added as she vanished into the darkness, which dispersed after she left.
"It's a trap." Mercury said knowingly.
"Do we have a choice?" Pluto responded although she already knew the answer.
"No. Let's go."
* * *
"The Negafleet are planning to bring all the Senshi into one area. Sailor Mars as the bait. If all of them team up, they can be easily trapped in one room, with no one to get them out. We stalled you so you wouldn't get caught with them. But you arrived much sooner than I had anticipated." Haven explained to the Amazons.
"Why are you helping us?" Ceres asked the wolf.
"Why not?" He countered.
"Who's 'we'?" Vesta wondered. "The little girl you were carrying?"
"Never mind." He said quickly. "Just stay out of the building until I tell you so. If you go in, they will know you are here."
"We have to help the others!" Juno insisted. "Let us in!"
"No. Not while I guard it or say otherwise."
"Then we'll have to fight you!" Ceres changed her position into a fighting stance.
"If that is what you wish." He shrugged.
"Please let us protect Princess Mars." Two girls behind the Amazons begged Haven.
"Who are you?" Pallas asked the pair of twins. The only difference between them was their color - red and blue.
"I am Phobos."
"I am Deimos."
"The guardians of Mars?!" Vesta recognized their names.
"Yes." They chorused.
"The dream-wolf is correct." Phobos assured the Amazon warriors.
"The Sailor Senshi are walking into a trap." Deimos continued.
"We can help them better, if we wait and surprise them."
"Then we will go with you and aid Princess Mars."
* * *
Galaxia, Saturn, Mamoru, Usagi, and Shingo charged through the school grounds and follow the murky hall into the auditorium.
"Welcome, Sailor Galaxia, Sailor Saturn. And welcome Princess, Prince." A stage-light turned on and filled a portion of the stage with light. Sage stepped into the column and grinned. "I trust you are looking for your friend."
"How did you know who we are?" Mamoru asked.
"Where's Mars and Chibi-Usa?!" Usagi added.
"I know your past lives because I was there. I watched the battle between Queen Beryl, the humans, and Serenity."
"I don't understand…" Saturn frowned, confused.
"Ah, yes. You must be wondering why, then, didn't I try and take over or destroy the Silver Millennium?" She scowled. "I did try. It was that stupid twerp, Sailor Pluto, who stopped my invasion."
"Pluto?!" They gasped. Not too far away, a protesting Diana and Kisaki had entered the large room.
"Shh!" Kisaki insisted to Diana. Diana went silent and the two crept into one of the rows of seats.
"Humph! I almost killed her, too, from all the problems she caused me. Nearly destroyed her." She laughed again then sneered. "But it was Somnus who saved her, only to get caught in the spell I had created for her." She waved a hand. "But enough of that. As for your friend, she gave up quite a fight." Sage stepped aside and the column of light widened to include a wounded and unconscious figure chained to a tall cross.
"Mars?!" Galaxia staggered.
"REI!!!" Usagi scrambled to her friend but a force field held her back.
"As for the child, Morpheus has her. The idiot took her. I never thought he would do it."
Pluto and Mercury suddenly barged into the auditorium. "Usagi! Saturn, Galaxia!"
"Speaking of the brat…" Sage snorted in amusement.
"Sage." Pluto acknowledged.
"Well, the annoyance grew up." She remarked. "Hello, Sailor Pluto."
* * *
Jupiter and Venus lay amongst the rubble. The two were badly hurt and one more good-sized blow from Thalia would certainly kill them, or nearly, at any rate.
"Such wimps." Thalia unfolded her arms across her chest and raised her hand toward them.
"SPACE TURBULANCE!!!"
"SUBMARINE VIOLIN TIDE!!!"
"Uranus… Neptune…" Whispered the faint Jupiter.
"Why…" Venus asked weakly.
"Because the others are all gathering." Neptune told them as she helped Venus up and wrapped her arm across Neptune's neck.
Uranus nodded and followed Neptune's example to Jupiter. "And that means it's a trap. We never planned to get together, and we were not contacted to do so."
"Then we'd better hurry."
"First - the woman." Neptune added.
"But…" Venus protested.
"We have a plan." Uranus assured.
* * *
Chibi-Usa pounded on the glass. "Kisaki! Diana!"
"They can't hear you." Castor told her with a laugh.
"Why…?" Chibi-Usa asked weakly. "Why do you want to hurt everyone?! We never did anything to you!"
"Wrong! You humans destroyed our planet!" Castor snapped and grabbed her by the shirt.
"Humans don't have any spirit-power to hurt a person, let alone a planet! And even if they did, it would be too weak to amount to anything!" Chibi-Usa countered bravely. "The only creatures that hurt anything are evil monsters!"
"ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE MONSTERS?!" He roared.
"I never said that…" Although she had whispered the words, she still spoke firmly and without fear. "My mother told me that every human has a kind of pure heart. And that the Sailor Senshi protect everyone - pure heart or not! And mama warned me before I left, that one of you isn't human or human-like. I don't believe you or Morpheus or his followers are like that."
Castor propped the child onto the floor, still surprised. "Why… not?"
"Because!" She giggled. "You're got angry when you though that I had called your friends 'monsters'. Bad people don't care what happens to their friends."
"Didn't you get mad… when we attacked… the girl?" He asked. "Was she… your friend?"
"Makoto is one of my good friends." She smiled. "She and all the other Sailor Senshi."
"All of you…friends?"
"Yep! We all are! We wouldn't be Senshi if we didn't trust each other. And mama said that a Senshi is a person who was given the power of a planet. And that the only reason they were given it was because the Senshi in their past lives went through a lot of trials and that none of their planets liked each other, but they still found a way to be friends. They put aside their differences and trusted each other. She wouldn't tell me what happened though, she said it was horrible to think about - and papa agreed!"
"What did she mean?"
"I asked Puu - that's Sailor Pluto - and she said that it was the war between Queen Beryl and Queen Serenity. She said that when the kingdoms still existed, Prince Endymion of Earth and Princess Serenity of the Moon had secretly fallen in love. And that a servant, Beryl, loved him also, but he loved Serenity. When Beryl found out, she was heartbroken and jealous. And then one day, Beryl attacked the Moon with all the human followers she had controlled. When the Inner Princesses arrived in Senshi form to protect Princess Serenity, all of them were killed. Beryl tried to attack Serenity, but Endymion protected her only to get killed himself. Serenity was so hurt; she killed herself using his sword. Her mother was horrified and, before anyone could stop her, she used the Ginzuishou to seal the Beryl and her evil away, then revive the Senshi and all the others who had died in battle to the future - this time - with no memory of their past tragedies. That they could live without knowing such pain or without prejudice."
"I never knew there was a war…" Castor frowned thoughtfully.
"That's what mama said." Chibi-Usa responded.
"I did know Serenity and Endymion, though." He continued. "But… did this Queen Beryl destroy… everything?"
"Everything that existed in the Solar System, I think."
"The humans… they were controlled?" An idea struck him.
"Yep. Beryl made them attack the Silver Millennium." A puzzled expression appeared on the child's face. "Why do you ask?"
"Sage said that the people of the Earth and Moon destroyed our world because they hated us. If you're right, then she's lying. People who are being controlled don't fight for their own reasons. If you're right, people who are controlled, aren't truly evil."
"Of course not!" Chibi-Usa protested. "One of my best friends was controlled by an evil spirit! And she's not bad! Hotaru is one of my best friends!"
"How did you help her? You know - free her from the witch's spell?"
"Sailor Moon saved her." She giggled. "Do you have someone you're worried about? Is this why you're asking all these questions?"
"Umm… my…" he shifted nervously. "My brother… Pollux… he… Sage is…"
"Oh… I understand." She assured with a smile. "But don't forget, you're brother is having just as hard of a time as you."
"How would you know?!"
She paused. "I… I was one controlled. They brainwashed me into believing I hated my mama and papa. And then… I…" Chibi-Usa held back the tears from the surfacing the memories.
"Never mind." He said quickly. "So Sailor Moon saved her? Are you sure?"
"Positive. I s…" She stopped herself just in time. Before se had said 'saw it myself.'
"The…" Castor persisted.
"The… the… umm…" Chibi-Usa wondered what to say. [Should I tell him?] She sighed. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Of course, but why would you tell me something only your friends are supposed to know?"
"Because you're nice. You told me a secret, so it's only fair." Chibi-Usa smiled again. "My mama and papa is from the future - just like me. The 31st century Earth. In the future Tokyo is called 'Crystal Tokyo'. I saw that Sailor Moon - my past mother's self - healed Hotaru because I was there – as Sailor Chibi-Moon. My name is Chibi Usagi but everyone calls me Chibi-Usa for short."
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"Hidama, take a look at this." Hinshi glanced to his partner and handed her some sheets of paper.
"What is it?" Hidama flipped through the pamphlet.
"Lemme see!" Kyo bounced up and down to see over her friends.
"Kyo! Not now! This is confidential!" Hinshi scolded.
"Aww…"
"This is interesting. Among all the student we've been watching, almost all have transferred to the same school. But why?" She curled her brows, thoughtfully. "What's so important about that school?"
"Don't know. But I plan to find out."
"Who's the students?" Kyo persisted.
"You wouldn't know."
"Try me."
"Okay, Here's one: Tenou Haruka."
"The racer?! Way cool!" Kyo squeaked excitedly. "I know him! Or actually HER! I've met Haruka-chan at some of the concerts she went to. Kaiou, Michiru had some concerts with me and I met her there. The two are really close. We used to make songs together."
"Tell me more."
* * *
'Mars, I am sorry I could not aid you. Please understand that things are not always what they seem.' Kaylyn sighed sadly. 'But I can and will help you if you will let me. Now that you shall be free of the mirrors, my power can reach you.
'It is becoming harder and harder to talk to you and your friends. My power is growing weaker and weaker within this cage. I cannot guarantee how long I will still be able to talk to you. So therefore I must hurry, but not just for these reasons.
'Amongst that prophecy I told you, a gate was supposed to lead to this evil demon. This gate opens a small crack every 3,000 years. It is said that a particular mirror is the gate. And only this mirror will he be able to come through. This mirror is the one I am trapped in. Thus, if it were to awaken, I would become the vessel in which he would come through.
'Unfortunately, almost three thousand years has passed, and two out of the three necessary barriers have been broken. The Mirror of Souls has been found. Three of the four keys to the seal around the mirror have been broken. And now all that must be done is for the moon's heart - the Lunar Heart - to be found, for it is the final key that can open the portal to the resting monster sealed within…'
"Kaylyn?!" She could hear her voice fading. "Kaylyn?! Hello?! Kaylyn!!!" Mars called, her voice echoing through the darkness. Silence brewed through the blanket of night. Kaylyn was gone, leaving Rei/Mars floating around alone in the darkness.
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To be continued in Book 08…
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 7: Chapter 21 'Castor'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
Book 7: Chapter 21 'Castor'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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"VENUS LOVING PULSE!!!"
"JUPITER LIGHTNING TREMOR!!!"
Sailor Jupiter and Venus attacked Thalia with their elements but she returned fire and deflected the blast. Before they had a chance to dodge her, Thalia blasted them hard. Both were flung into the fence, which bent by the force of the attack.
"AAAAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"
"Take that!" Thalia laughed.
Jupiter growled as she strained to stand. "I'm going to teach you some manners!" She drew her hands together and tossed out the ring of lightning that appeared.
Thalia jumped easily out of harms way and attacked her. Jupiter was forced into the ground as the energy hit her.
"VENUS LOVING PULSE!!!" A chain of flowers wrapped around Thalia and pulled her into the fence. Thalia snapped the rope and blasted Venus into the metal bleachers.
* * *
The four Amazon Senshi raced to the entrance with Sailor Luna tailing them.
"We've got to stop her!" Juno yelled to the others.
"Let's surprise her and vanish. It'll be easier to move around if she can't find us." Vesta planed out.
"All together!" Pallas ordered. The four jumped towards her.
"What the…?!" She gasped.
"AMAZONESS JUNGLE ARROW!!!"
"Arg!" The impact drove her over the boundary wall and into the bushes.
"Hurry!" Ceres persisted and the group ran to the gates, where Haven had been waiting for them.
"Hello, Senshi." He politely greeted them.
"You again?!" Juno accused.
"What do you want?!" Pallas asked angrily.
"Only to give you some information." He assured.
"Yeah right, you attacked us." Vesta pointed out.
"Actually, we used a shield. You ran into it." He corrected with amusement.
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Neptune leaped out of the way as Calliope tried to fire another round of attacks at her. "Hold still!" The Reflector yelled.
But she didn't pay attention. Sailor Neptune was more worried about luring her victim to the pool. "You have to catch me first! What's the matter? Are you too slow?" She mocked the woman in hopes to distract her from noticing her new environment.
"Why you…?!" Calliope seethed with anger and attacked her again.
[Come on… that's is… just a little farther…] Neptune raced along the side of the tiled floor of the swimming pool. "Hurry up!" She called behind her.
Calliope charged at her again, but she missed and shattered the glass windows in back of the Senshi of the Sea. The glass shards fell like specks of sparkling light in the sunlight falling to the ground - four floors down. Neptune dove into the pool and swam underneath Calliope. "You think you can hide from me?!" the furious woman laughed. "I don't think so!" Explosions of water rained the air as blasts of energy searched for their underwater victim, to no avail.
Neptune quickly surfaced for air and called to her angry foe, "You're not hitting anything but water! You're not a very good aim!"
"That's it! I've had it!" Calliope jumped over the pool and aimed at the soldier. "You're going to pay!"
At the entrance to the locker room, Sailor Uranus stood and waited. She waited to use the hidden object behind her back. She watched as Calliope yelled at Neptune again and suddenly attack her from above. The giant blast poured water over the entire room. Uranus tugged nervously at the long cord attached to the mysterious object she held. [Come on, Neptune… Hurry!]
Neptune leaped out of the water as soon as she saw Calliope was also floating in it with her. Then broke into a run just as Uranus tossed the object - a running heater - into the pool. "Neptune! Now!"
"What?!" Calliope panicked.
"DEEP SUBMERGE!!!"
"WORLD SHAKING!!!"
The mix of weak power hit the machine, causing it to malfunction instead of explode. The electricity surged out of it and effected everything covered by water. Neptune and Uranus jumped out the window and onto one of the tree branches across the broken window just as a large explosion rumbled through the area.
"So much for coming here to swim on weekends…" Neptune sighed sadly.
"At least we got her." Uranus said optimistically.
"Lets go." Neptune said quickly. "The others will surely be attacked and need our help."
* * *
"I'd normally be delighted to destroy you," Euterpe continued to Sailor Pluto and Mercury. "But I have been told by Sage to invite you to the execution of Sailor Mars."
"What?!" Pluto gasped. "You wouldn't!"
"Can and will, Sailor Senshi." She chuckled. "If you wish to know, the meeting will be at the auditorium. See you there!" She added as she vanished into the darkness, which dispersed after she left.
"It's a trap." Mercury said knowingly.
"Do we have a choice?" Pluto responded although she already knew the answer.
"No. Let's go."
* * *
"The Negafleet are planning to bring all the Senshi into one area. Sailor Mars as the bait. If all of them team up, they can be easily trapped in one room, with no one to get them out. We stalled you so you wouldn't get caught with them. But you arrived much sooner than I had anticipated." Haven explained to the Amazons.
"Why are you helping us?" Ceres asked the wolf.
"Why not?" He countered.
"Who's 'we'?" Vesta wondered. "The little girl you were carrying?"
"Never mind." He said quickly. "Just stay out of the building until I tell you so. If you go in, they will know you are here."
"We have to help the others!" Juno insisted. "Let us in!"
"No. Not while I guard it or say otherwise."
"Then we'll have to fight you!" Ceres changed her position into a fighting stance.
"If that is what you wish." He shrugged.
"Please let us protect Princess Mars." Two girls behind the Amazons begged Haven.
"Who are you?" Pallas asked the pair of twins. The only difference between them was their color - red and blue.
"I am Phobos."
"I am Deimos."
"The guardians of Mars?!" Vesta recognized their names.
"Yes." They chorused.
"The dream-wolf is correct." Phobos assured the Amazon warriors.
"The Sailor Senshi are walking into a trap." Deimos continued.
"We can help them better, if we wait and surprise them."
"Then we will go with you and aid Princess Mars."
* * *
Galaxia, Saturn, Mamoru, Usagi, and Shingo charged through the school grounds and follow the murky hall into the auditorium.
"Welcome, Sailor Galaxia, Sailor Saturn. And welcome Princess, Prince." A stage-light turned on and filled a portion of the stage with light. Sage stepped into the column and grinned. "I trust you are looking for your friend."
"How did you know who we are?" Mamoru asked.
"Where's Mars and Chibi-Usa?!" Usagi added.
"I know your past lives because I was there. I watched the battle between Queen Beryl, the humans, and Serenity."
"I don't understand…" Saturn frowned, confused.
"Ah, yes. You must be wondering why, then, didn't I try and take over or destroy the Silver Millennium?" She scowled. "I did try. It was that stupid twerp, Sailor Pluto, who stopped my invasion."
"Pluto?!" They gasped. Not too far away, a protesting Diana and Kisaki had entered the large room.
"Shh!" Kisaki insisted to Diana. Diana went silent and the two crept into one of the rows of seats.
"Humph! I almost killed her, too, from all the problems she caused me. Nearly destroyed her." She laughed again then sneered. "But it was Somnus who saved her, only to get caught in the spell I had created for her." She waved a hand. "But enough of that. As for your friend, she gave up quite a fight." Sage stepped aside and the column of light widened to include a wounded and unconscious figure chained to a tall cross.
"Mars?!" Galaxia staggered.
"REI!!!" Usagi scrambled to her friend but a force field held her back.
"As for the child, Morpheus has her. The idiot took her. I never thought he would do it."
Pluto and Mercury suddenly barged into the auditorium. "Usagi! Saturn, Galaxia!"
"Speaking of the brat…" Sage snorted in amusement.
"Sage." Pluto acknowledged.
"Well, the annoyance grew up." She remarked. "Hello, Sailor Pluto."
* * *
Jupiter and Venus lay amongst the rubble. The two were badly hurt and one more good-sized blow from Thalia would certainly kill them, or nearly, at any rate.
"Such wimps." Thalia unfolded her arms across her chest and raised her hand toward them.
"SPACE TURBULANCE!!!"
"SUBMARINE VIOLIN TIDE!!!"
"Uranus… Neptune…" Whispered the faint Jupiter.
"Why…" Venus asked weakly.
"Because the others are all gathering." Neptune told them as she helped Venus up and wrapped her arm across Neptune's neck.
Uranus nodded and followed Neptune's example to Jupiter. "And that means it's a trap. We never planned to get together, and we were not contacted to do so."
"Then we'd better hurry."
"First - the woman." Neptune added.
"But…" Venus protested.
"We have a plan." Uranus assured.
* * *
Chibi-Usa pounded on the glass. "Kisaki! Diana!"
"They can't hear you." Castor told her with a laugh.
"Why…?" Chibi-Usa asked weakly. "Why do you want to hurt everyone?! We never did anything to you!"
"Wrong! You humans destroyed our planet!" Castor snapped and grabbed her by the shirt.
"Humans don't have any spirit-power to hurt a person, let alone a planet! And even if they did, it would be too weak to amount to anything!" Chibi-Usa countered bravely. "The only creatures that hurt anything are evil monsters!"
"ARE YOU SAYING WE'RE MONSTERS?!" He roared.
"I never said that…" Although she had whispered the words, she still spoke firmly and without fear. "My mother told me that every human has a kind of pure heart. And that the Sailor Senshi protect everyone - pure heart or not! And mama warned me before I left, that one of you isn't human or human-like. I don't believe you or Morpheus or his followers are like that."
Castor propped the child onto the floor, still surprised. "Why… not?"
"Because!" She giggled. "You're got angry when you though that I had called your friends 'monsters'. Bad people don't care what happens to their friends."
"Didn't you get mad… when we attacked… the girl?" He asked. "Was she… your friend?"
"Makoto is one of my good friends." She smiled. "She and all the other Sailor Senshi."
"All of you…friends?"
"Yep! We all are! We wouldn't be Senshi if we didn't trust each other. And mama said that a Senshi is a person who was given the power of a planet. And that the only reason they were given it was because the Senshi in their past lives went through a lot of trials and that none of their planets liked each other, but they still found a way to be friends. They put aside their differences and trusted each other. She wouldn't tell me what happened though, she said it was horrible to think about - and papa agreed!"
"What did she mean?"
"I asked Puu - that's Sailor Pluto - and she said that it was the war between Queen Beryl and Queen Serenity. She said that when the kingdoms still existed, Prince Endymion of Earth and Princess Serenity of the Moon had secretly fallen in love. And that a servant, Beryl, loved him also, but he loved Serenity. When Beryl found out, she was heartbroken and jealous. And then one day, Beryl attacked the Moon with all the human followers she had controlled. When the Inner Princesses arrived in Senshi form to protect Princess Serenity, all of them were killed. Beryl tried to attack Serenity, but Endymion protected her only to get killed himself. Serenity was so hurt; she killed herself using his sword. Her mother was horrified and, before anyone could stop her, she used the Ginzuishou to seal the Beryl and her evil away, then revive the Senshi and all the others who had died in battle to the future - this time - with no memory of their past tragedies. That they could live without knowing such pain or without prejudice."
"I never knew there was a war…" Castor frowned thoughtfully.
"That's what mama said." Chibi-Usa responded.
"I did know Serenity and Endymion, though." He continued. "But… did this Queen Beryl destroy… everything?"
"Everything that existed in the Solar System, I think."
"The humans… they were controlled?" An idea struck him.
"Yep. Beryl made them attack the Silver Millennium." A puzzled expression appeared on the child's face. "Why do you ask?"
"Sage said that the people of the Earth and Moon destroyed our world because they hated us. If you're right, then she's lying. People who are being controlled don't fight for their own reasons. If you're right, people who are controlled, aren't truly evil."
"Of course not!" Chibi-Usa protested. "One of my best friends was controlled by an evil spirit! And she's not bad! Hotaru is one of my best friends!"
"How did you help her? You know - free her from the witch's spell?"
"Sailor Moon saved her." She giggled. "Do you have someone you're worried about? Is this why you're asking all these questions?"
"Umm… my…" he shifted nervously. "My brother… Pollux… he… Sage is…"
"Oh… I understand." She assured with a smile. "But don't forget, you're brother is having just as hard of a time as you."
"How would you know?!"
She paused. "I… I was one controlled. They brainwashed me into believing I hated my mama and papa. And then… I…" Chibi-Usa held back the tears from the surfacing the memories.
"Never mind." He said quickly. "So Sailor Moon saved her? Are you sure?"
"Positive. I s…" She stopped herself just in time. Before se had said 'saw it myself.'
"The…" Castor persisted.
"The… the… umm…" Chibi-Usa wondered what to say. [Should I tell him?] She sighed. "Can you keep a secret?"
"Of course, but why would you tell me something only your friends are supposed to know?"
"Because you're nice. You told me a secret, so it's only fair." Chibi-Usa smiled again. "My mama and papa is from the future - just like me. The 31st century Earth. In the future Tokyo is called 'Crystal Tokyo'. I saw that Sailor Moon - my past mother's self - healed Hotaru because I was there – as Sailor Chibi-Moon. My name is Chibi Usagi but everyone calls me Chibi-Usa for short."
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"Hidama, take a look at this." Hinshi glanced to his partner and handed her some sheets of paper.
"What is it?" Hidama flipped through the pamphlet.
"Lemme see!" Kyo bounced up and down to see over her friends.
"Kyo! Not now! This is confidential!" Hinshi scolded.
"Aww…"
"This is interesting. Among all the student we've been watching, almost all have transferred to the same school. But why?" She curled her brows, thoughtfully. "What's so important about that school?"
"Don't know. But I plan to find out."
"Who's the students?" Kyo persisted.
"You wouldn't know."
"Try me."
"Okay, Here's one: Tenou Haruka."
"The racer?! Way cool!" Kyo squeaked excitedly. "I know him! Or actually HER! I've met Haruka-chan at some of the concerts she went to. Kaiou, Michiru had some concerts with me and I met her there. The two are really close. We used to make songs together."
"Tell me more."
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'Mars, I am sorry I could not aid you. Please understand that things are not always what they seem.' Kaylyn sighed sadly. 'But I can and will help you if you will let me. Now that you shall be free of the mirrors, my power can reach you.
'It is becoming harder and harder to talk to you and your friends. My power is growing weaker and weaker within this cage. I cannot guarantee how long I will still be able to talk to you. So therefore I must hurry, but not just for these reasons.
'Amongst that prophecy I told you, a gate was supposed to lead to this evil demon. This gate opens a small crack every 3,000 years. It is said that a particular mirror is the gate. And only this mirror will he be able to come through. This mirror is the one I am trapped in. Thus, if it were to awaken, I would become the vessel in which he would come through.
'Unfortunately, almost three thousand years has passed, and two out of the three necessary barriers have been broken. The Mirror of Souls has been found. Three of the four keys to the seal around the mirror have been broken. And now all that must be done is for the moon's heart - the Lunar Heart - to be found, for it is the final key that can open the portal to the resting monster sealed within…'
"Kaylyn?!" She could hear her voice fading. "Kaylyn?! Hello?! Kaylyn!!!" Mars called, her voice echoing through the darkness. Silence brewed through the blanket of night. Kaylyn was gone, leaving Rei/Mars floating around alone in the darkness.
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To be continued in Book 08…
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 7: Chapter 21 'Castor'
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