Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 8: Chapter 22 'War's Tears'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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"I'd thought you'd learned your lesson." Pluto remarked to her foe.
"Ha. I'm not a fool like you. I'm going to get what I want." Sage shrugged arrogantly.
"And what is that?" Galaxia countered. "Earth? The Galaxy?"
Sage chuckled wickedly. "Much more then that. But that's not the point, either."
"Give Mars back!" Usagi blurted.
"All in due time, my dear." The advisor turned around and walked near Sailor Mars.
Kisaki peered from the seats and watched Sage with a frown on her face. [So… Morpheus has Chibi-Usa… Not for long.] She ducked back into the seats and signaled to Diana.
"What?" Diana whispered.
"Let's go. I know where she is."
"But how will we get out? They'll see us."
Kisaki grinned. "Not if there is a distraction."
"Oh no… don't tell me I have to…"
"No." Kisaki interrupted. "I have another idea."
* * *
Venus leaped onto the outer wall of the Hikawa School grounds. She glanced back one more time, as she ran along the top, to see if Thalia was still following her. [Good.] Satisfied, she waved again to her. "Over here, Reflectoid!"
"REFLECTOID?! IT'S 'REFLECTOR' BRAT!!!" Thalia thundered angrily and shook a fist at Venus.
Not too far away, and Uranus waited at the other side of the wall.
"Are you sure this will work?" Neptune asked Uranus skeptically as she tugged the volley ball net she had laid on her right shoulder.
"Sure! It worked last time, didn't it?" Uranus glanced at the fountain and nodded as she adjusted the radio in her hands. Unfortunately, the radio was the only electronic object she had found when she had searched the schools nearby courts.
"Do you have a back-up plan just in case?"
"Jupiter's got that covered." Uranus assured her partner.
"Which is…?" Neptune persisted.
"Let's just say if Thalia doesn't get a bang out of this, she will certainly get a shock."
* * *
"How can you just let them walk right into a trap?!" Juno snapped at the wolf.
Haven shrugged. "Trust me. Things are going as planed. It's under control."
"Yeah, right. Small Lady has been kidnapped and you call this 'under control'?!"
"You mean Sailor Chibi-Moon?!" Instantly he jumped into a standing position. "This changes everything! She's sure to go after her!"
"Who's 'she'?" Vesta asked.
"Never mind. Phobos, Deimos, go and aid the Senshi still outside the trap then meet us at the auditorium. Amazons, come with me."
"Where are we going?"
"To the auditorium - where the trap has been placed."
"Right! Now you're talking!"
* * *
"Tenou Haruka. A great car and track racer. She should be… 17 now – in the 11th grade – a junior. She has a helicopter called the Tenou-maru." Kyo explained to her cousin and his partner. "I know very little about her family. Haruka lives in a mansion with Kaiou, Michiru; Meiou, Setsuna; and Tomoe, Hotaru. She's usually found with Michiru and sometimes plays an accompaniment on the piano with her. I heard she got her driver's license overseas… maybe America."
"What about her school?" Hidama asked.
"Well, she started out at the Juuban Jr. High then suddenly switched to the Mugen High shortly after. Then she went back to Juuban after it was destroyed. Just recently, she switched to Hikawa."
"What about Michiru?"
"Kaiou, Michiru is 17 also and a wonderful painter, violinist, and dancer. She also has a helicopter called the Kaiou-maru - just like Haruka. Not too much is known about her family either…" Kyo sighed then continued. "I think she is a part-time teacher for a music class of some kind at her home. Her school pattern is just as wacky as Haruka's, only she started out at a different school - the SS Private School."
"Meiou, Setsuna?" Hinshi wondered.
"She is a friend of theirs, I think. She's… 19? No, 20, sorry. She was a freshman in the Physical Sciences at the KO University when she was 19. After Mugen was destroyed, she moved in with Michiru and Haruka into the mansion. Last year she was a nurse for the Juuban Elementary School. Everyone thinks Hotaru is her daughter - but it isn't true. Just recently she switched schools to the Hikawa as a student there. I heard she's really quiet and serious. And that she gave out some really weird theories to her school, who rejected them."
"Hmm… And what about this Hotaru?"
"Hotaru. A child shrouded in mystery. The first Hotaru Tomoe was the daughter of that crazy scientist, Professor Tomoe. Her mother died in an accident when she was little and Hotaru was badly injured in the explosion. He father rebuilt her body and turned her into a cyborg. Half human, half machine. She was in the 6th grade at Mugen and was… 12 or so. They say she used to get a lot of attacks and had a strange healing power."
"First…?" Hinshi asked.
"What do you mean 'used to'?" wondered Hidama.
"Well… it's said she died in the big Mugen accident. But afterward, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna brought a baby with them to the mansion. Her name was Hotaru Tomoe. Rumors say Hotaru grew a rapid rate, and suddenly, one day, she wasn't a little girl anymore. She was a lot older. She went to Juuban Elementary for a while the switched to Hikawa when the other three did. She's in the Middle section there."
"That's odd…" Hidama murmured. "I wonder what happened…"
"Did they get any visitors? I seem to recall you used to being invited over there a lot." Hinshi said thoughtfully.
"Actually yes. I was just leaving when a whole bunch of other teenagers arrived. I think they were… Tsukino Usagi, Mizuno Ami, Hi-Something Rei, Kino Makoto, Aino Minako, and a little girl called… Chibi-Something. I never really expected it."
"Those kids are on the list too." Hidama flipped through the stack of papers. "The child is none other then Kisaki's friend, Chibi-Usa. And the other would be Hino Rei."
"I think we'd better get to the bottom of this." Hinshi glanced to his partner.
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Kyo asked slyly.
* * *
Laughter echoed through the throne room of Negafleet. Pollux walked in, hearing the noise, and scowled. "Just what do you think you're doing?"
Castor and Chibi-Usa whirled to face him and Castor gawked. "Pollux?!"
"Well?" He tapped his foot impatiently.
"Umm… Watching the prisoner, like Lord Morpheus ordered me to do." Castor quickly recovered his lost ground and countered his twin. "What are you doing?"
"It looks more like you're playing with the twerp, more than watching her." Pollux grumbled.
"Let me do my own job." Castor lazily waved a hand.
"And I'll do mine." Pollux grinned. "When Lady Sage said there was a traitor amongst us, I thought she'd meant the Tri-Fates, but I was wrong. It was you, wasn't it?"
"What?!" Castor shook his head in denial. "I follow Lord Morpheus! I always have, and always will! If there is a traitor here, it's probably her!"
"Ha! I believe her over you!" Pollux unfolded his arms and raised his hand toward the pair. "I'm going to execute the traitor."
"Pollux?!" Castor took a step back in alarm.
* * *
"Who wants to try their luck first?" Sage challenged the Senshi eagerly.
Saturn glanced to Pluto, who looked to Galaxia. Galaxia turned to Sage and spoke. "We will."
"Oh?" Sage suddenly grinned wickedly. "This should be interesting."
"I agree."
Everyone whirled to see the owner of the new voice. But to Mamoru, Usagi, and Mercury, it was a voice from their nightmares. The voice of a long-since dead enemy they could never forget.
The figure walked out of the shadows of the doorway and stopped near the unconscious Mars. It was Queen Beryl. "But I'm not here to watch a fight."
"What?! Beryl!" Mercury panicked and jumped in front of Usagi.
Mamoru growled angrily. "How did you survive?!"
"I didn't, but I'm not here to discuss my death and resurrection." She eagerly twisted back to Sailor Mars and snapped off the chains. With a quick motion, Beryl had retrieved the Fire Senshi and was walking away with her new prize.
"HEY! That's mine!" Sage roared loudly and marched after the deceased queen.
Beryl waved her hand and hit the woman with an enormous energy burst. "Not anymore."
Suddenly the Amazon Senshi and Haven arrived to the scene.
"Hey! That lady has Mars!" Ceres pointed to for the others to see.
"Never mind!" Haven insisted quickly. "Sage is the enemy we must destroy first!"
"But…" Pallas protested weakly.
"Trust me."
Vesta nodded. "Alright. But if you're wrong, you're going to regret it."
"Agreed." Haven sighed.
"Let's go!" Juno insisted.
The four leaped over the rows of seats and onto the stage. "Hold it!"
"Hey! You're…!" Saturn gasped.
Sage ignored them and lunged toward Beryl again.
"AMAZON JUNGLE ARROW!!!"
* * *
"Ha, ha! Can't catch me!" Venus crowed loudly to Thalia as she leapt onto the edge of the fountain then turned around. "Nah!" Venus stuck her tongue out and put her thumbs in her ears, wiggling her fingers and hips. Then sang, "You can't catch me! You can't catch me!"
Thalia shrieked in frustration again and sprang toward Venus.
Sailor Venus dived underneath her, and kicked Thalia into the fountain.
"What a waste of time!" The woman laughed crazily. She jumped up just as Neptune rammed into her. Venus grabbed the other end of the net and wrapped it around her quickly. "Uranus! Now!"
Sailor Uranus pitched the radio into the water as Neptune and Venus took cover in the trees. Just as the flying object neared Thalia, the angry Reflector swung her foot at it and kicked it back over the edge. "Nice try!"
A sudden explosion of black feathers blasted her into the water. "Jupiter, now!" Called the duo of attackers.
The Thunder Senshi attacked immediately. "JUPITER LIGHTNING TREMOR!!!"
Lightning surged around the soaking wet lady and the attack gained incredible strength from the conductor. An explosion shook the area until the power reduced to nothing.
"Got ya." Jupiter breathed a sigh of relief.
The other three Senshi congratulated her until the two mysterious helpers approached.
"Hey, I know you." Venus smiled. "You're Phobos and Deimos, right?"
"Yes, Princess Venus." Phobos acknowledged.
"We are here to help." Deimos explained.
"The others have fallen into a trap."
"We came here to aid you, then take you to them."
* * *
Castor jumped out of the way of Pollux's attack again. "Pollux! Stop it!" He insisted to his brother.
"Ha! Listen to a traitor?! Yeah right." Pollux suddenly caught sight of a tiny figure creeping toward him. He whirled and blasted the person.
Chibi-Usa squeaked in alarm. Her plan hadn't included this.
"Hey!" Castor immediately teleported to her and grabbed her out of harms way. But his assistance came too late and the two were forced into the wall with the magic mirror behind. "Hold on!" Castor told Chibi-Usa as her opened the mirror to wherever it had been viewing.
"Where did we go?" Chibi-Usa asked softly.
"Where ever you were last looking." Castor responded weakly as he sat up then helped her up.
"I was looking for Usagi…"
"Who?"
"Umm… one of my friends." She explained then looked around. They were in the entrance to the stage. On the stage itself, all of Senshi who were in that form was fighting against Sage and Beryl.
"Who's that?" Castor wondered.
"Beats me…"
"Gotcha!" Pollux yelled from behind them.
"Eek!" Chibi-Usa wailed in surprise.
Castor grabbed the child again and scrambled onto the stage.
"Stop!" Pollux ran after them. "You coward!"
"CHIBI-USA!" Usagi screamed to her future child.
"Usagi?!" Chibi-Usa waved happily.
"Small Lady!" Pluto yelled and ran over to them. "Put her down, immediately!"
"Move!" He insisted.
"Pluto!" Chibi-Usa smiled.
"Huh?! Okay fine, whatever!" He put Chibi-Usa into Pluto's arms and raced into a new direction. "Hey, kid," He called back. "If you ever see Sailor Moon again, could you tell her I'd really like my brother back someday?"
Chibi-Usa giggled as Pluto put her on the floor. "Tell her yourself!"
Before Castor had a chance to ask what she had meant, Pollux attacked again. Sending Castor into the rows of seats.
"Chibi-Usa!" Usagi hugged the girl with immense relief. "Are you all right? What happened?"
"Usagi! Save the questions for later!" Chibi-Usa interrupted her friend and glanced to Castor in worry. "We need Sailor Moon, now!"
"Right!" Usagi stood up. "SILVER MOON MIRACLE POWER…"
"PINK MOON CRYSTAL POWER…"
"MAKE UP!!!"
"Great, just great!" Pollux snapped and suddenly changed his mind. He jumped for the two Moon Princesses instead.
"Whaaa!" Sailor Moon and Chibi-Moon leaped out of the way.
Saturn dashed to the scene. "SILENCE WALL!!!" A shield appeared around the three granting protection to those within.
"Saturn!" Sailor Moon exclaimed in surprise.
"You demons should go back to the hell you created!" Saturn growled to Pollux.
"You first Senshi!" Pollux countered and put more effort into his attack.
Saturn's barrier broke and she was flung past Sailor Moon and into the wall. The impact had created a crater from where she had hit the wall.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-Moon insisted as she tugged as her arm. "You've got to help him, please! He's not really bad, trust me!"
"You sure?" She asked.
"Please…!" Chibi-Moon begged.
"Of course I will!" Sailor Moon stood up but didn't back down this time. She summoned her Moon-Reviver instead. "MOONLESS SOUL REVIVAL KISS!!!" The two's energies collided, and Sailor Moon found she wasn't strong enough. She was being forced back by his power. "Ugh…"
"Sailor Moon?!" Tuxedo Mask yelled.
"Princess?!" Called Galaxia fearfully.
Chibi-Moon looked up to Sailor Moon. "Usagi!"
Sailor Moon struggled to control the enormous power being given off their attacks, but it was getting to be too much. Pollux easily added more power to his attacks.
Chibi-Moon struggled to get up. [I've got to help!] She scrambled to help, but couldn't even get close because of the extra energy surrounding the two. But how could her help when she couldn't even get close? Sailor Moon was so strong compared to her. It was unfair. [I can't even help Castor or his brother… Or Kisa-chan! And Sailor Moon doesn't need me either…]
Another blast of power tossed the two backward.
"Chibi-Moon!" Sailor Moon grabbed the child into her arms and protectively wrapped them around her. "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Sailor Moon!" "Usagi!" "Princess!" "Usagi-chan!" The other Senshi called to her, but she didn't get up.
"Odango?!" Chibi-Moon wailed as she shook her mother-to-be.
"Got ya!" Pollux yelled from above.
"Whaaa!" The Senshi in pink screamed. She grabbed Sailor Moon again and shook her harder. "Sailor Moon! Wake up! Please! I can't do this without you! Please, Sailor Moon! I can't do this alone! I need your help! Wake up, please!" Tears fell from her eyes as she tried again. "Sailor Moon! Wake up!!! Please!!!"
The Senshi watched with little they could do, the recently summoned Akuma, Lady Sage, and Queen Beryl, blocked them. Kisaki and Diana tried to push their way through the battle, with little success. Castor looked wide-eyed upon his brother's attempts to harm his newfound friend, and also – he realized – the only person capable of saving the last of his family.
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 8: Chapter 22 'War's Tears'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
Book 8: Chapter 22 'War's Tears'
e-mail [kisaki@tds.net]
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"I'd thought you'd learned your lesson." Pluto remarked to her foe.
"Ha. I'm not a fool like you. I'm going to get what I want." Sage shrugged arrogantly.
"And what is that?" Galaxia countered. "Earth? The Galaxy?"
Sage chuckled wickedly. "Much more then that. But that's not the point, either."
"Give Mars back!" Usagi blurted.
"All in due time, my dear." The advisor turned around and walked near Sailor Mars.
Kisaki peered from the seats and watched Sage with a frown on her face. [So… Morpheus has Chibi-Usa… Not for long.] She ducked back into the seats and signaled to Diana.
"What?" Diana whispered.
"Let's go. I know where she is."
"But how will we get out? They'll see us."
Kisaki grinned. "Not if there is a distraction."
"Oh no… don't tell me I have to…"
"No." Kisaki interrupted. "I have another idea."
* * *
Venus leaped onto the outer wall of the Hikawa School grounds. She glanced back one more time, as she ran along the top, to see if Thalia was still following her. [Good.] Satisfied, she waved again to her. "Over here, Reflectoid!"
"REFLECTOID?! IT'S 'REFLECTOR' BRAT!!!" Thalia thundered angrily and shook a fist at Venus.
Not too far away, and Uranus waited at the other side of the wall.
"Are you sure this will work?" Neptune asked Uranus skeptically as she tugged the volley ball net she had laid on her right shoulder.
"Sure! It worked last time, didn't it?" Uranus glanced at the fountain and nodded as she adjusted the radio in her hands. Unfortunately, the radio was the only electronic object she had found when she had searched the schools nearby courts.
"Do you have a back-up plan just in case?"
"Jupiter's got that covered." Uranus assured her partner.
"Which is…?" Neptune persisted.
"Let's just say if Thalia doesn't get a bang out of this, she will certainly get a shock."
* * *
"How can you just let them walk right into a trap?!" Juno snapped at the wolf.
Haven shrugged. "Trust me. Things are going as planed. It's under control."
"Yeah, right. Small Lady has been kidnapped and you call this 'under control'?!"
"You mean Sailor Chibi-Moon?!" Instantly he jumped into a standing position. "This changes everything! She's sure to go after her!"
"Who's 'she'?" Vesta asked.
"Never mind. Phobos, Deimos, go and aid the Senshi still outside the trap then meet us at the auditorium. Amazons, come with me."
"Where are we going?"
"To the auditorium - where the trap has been placed."
"Right! Now you're talking!"
* * *
"Tenou Haruka. A great car and track racer. She should be… 17 now – in the 11th grade – a junior. She has a helicopter called the Tenou-maru." Kyo explained to her cousin and his partner. "I know very little about her family. Haruka lives in a mansion with Kaiou, Michiru; Meiou, Setsuna; and Tomoe, Hotaru. She's usually found with Michiru and sometimes plays an accompaniment on the piano with her. I heard she got her driver's license overseas… maybe America."
"What about her school?" Hidama asked.
"Well, she started out at the Juuban Jr. High then suddenly switched to the Mugen High shortly after. Then she went back to Juuban after it was destroyed. Just recently, she switched to Hikawa."
"What about Michiru?"
"Kaiou, Michiru is 17 also and a wonderful painter, violinist, and dancer. She also has a helicopter called the Kaiou-maru - just like Haruka. Not too much is known about her family either…" Kyo sighed then continued. "I think she is a part-time teacher for a music class of some kind at her home. Her school pattern is just as wacky as Haruka's, only she started out at a different school - the SS Private School."
"Meiou, Setsuna?" Hinshi wondered.
"She is a friend of theirs, I think. She's… 19? No, 20, sorry. She was a freshman in the Physical Sciences at the KO University when she was 19. After Mugen was destroyed, she moved in with Michiru and Haruka into the mansion. Last year she was a nurse for the Juuban Elementary School. Everyone thinks Hotaru is her daughter - but it isn't true. Just recently she switched schools to the Hikawa as a student there. I heard she's really quiet and serious. And that she gave out some really weird theories to her school, who rejected them."
"Hmm… And what about this Hotaru?"
"Hotaru. A child shrouded in mystery. The first Hotaru Tomoe was the daughter of that crazy scientist, Professor Tomoe. Her mother died in an accident when she was little and Hotaru was badly injured in the explosion. He father rebuilt her body and turned her into a cyborg. Half human, half machine. She was in the 6th grade at Mugen and was… 12 or so. They say she used to get a lot of attacks and had a strange healing power."
"First…?" Hinshi asked.
"What do you mean 'used to'?" wondered Hidama.
"Well… it's said she died in the big Mugen accident. But afterward, Haruka, Michiru, and Setsuna brought a baby with them to the mansion. Her name was Hotaru Tomoe. Rumors say Hotaru grew a rapid rate, and suddenly, one day, she wasn't a little girl anymore. She was a lot older. She went to Juuban Elementary for a while the switched to Hikawa when the other three did. She's in the Middle section there."
"That's odd…" Hidama murmured. "I wonder what happened…"
"Did they get any visitors? I seem to recall you used to being invited over there a lot." Hinshi said thoughtfully.
"Actually yes. I was just leaving when a whole bunch of other teenagers arrived. I think they were… Tsukino Usagi, Mizuno Ami, Hi-Something Rei, Kino Makoto, Aino Minako, and a little girl called… Chibi-Something. I never really expected it."
"Those kids are on the list too." Hidama flipped through the stack of papers. "The child is none other then Kisaki's friend, Chibi-Usa. And the other would be Hino Rei."
"I think we'd better get to the bottom of this." Hinshi glanced to his partner.
"And how do you plan on doing that?" Kyo asked slyly.
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Laughter echoed through the throne room of Negafleet. Pollux walked in, hearing the noise, and scowled. "Just what do you think you're doing?"
Castor and Chibi-Usa whirled to face him and Castor gawked. "Pollux?!"
"Well?" He tapped his foot impatiently.
"Umm… Watching the prisoner, like Lord Morpheus ordered me to do." Castor quickly recovered his lost ground and countered his twin. "What are you doing?"
"It looks more like you're playing with the twerp, more than watching her." Pollux grumbled.
"Let me do my own job." Castor lazily waved a hand.
"And I'll do mine." Pollux grinned. "When Lady Sage said there was a traitor amongst us, I thought she'd meant the Tri-Fates, but I was wrong. It was you, wasn't it?"
"What?!" Castor shook his head in denial. "I follow Lord Morpheus! I always have, and always will! If there is a traitor here, it's probably her!"
"Ha! I believe her over you!" Pollux unfolded his arms and raised his hand toward the pair. "I'm going to execute the traitor."
"Pollux?!" Castor took a step back in alarm.
* * *
"Who wants to try their luck first?" Sage challenged the Senshi eagerly.
Saturn glanced to Pluto, who looked to Galaxia. Galaxia turned to Sage and spoke. "We will."
"Oh?" Sage suddenly grinned wickedly. "This should be interesting."
"I agree."
Everyone whirled to see the owner of the new voice. But to Mamoru, Usagi, and Mercury, it was a voice from their nightmares. The voice of a long-since dead enemy they could never forget.
The figure walked out of the shadows of the doorway and stopped near the unconscious Mars. It was Queen Beryl. "But I'm not here to watch a fight."
"What?! Beryl!" Mercury panicked and jumped in front of Usagi.
Mamoru growled angrily. "How did you survive?!"
"I didn't, but I'm not here to discuss my death and resurrection." She eagerly twisted back to Sailor Mars and snapped off the chains. With a quick motion, Beryl had retrieved the Fire Senshi and was walking away with her new prize.
"HEY! That's mine!" Sage roared loudly and marched after the deceased queen.
Beryl waved her hand and hit the woman with an enormous energy burst. "Not anymore."
Suddenly the Amazon Senshi and Haven arrived to the scene.
"Hey! That lady has Mars!" Ceres pointed to for the others to see.
"Never mind!" Haven insisted quickly. "Sage is the enemy we must destroy first!"
"But…" Pallas protested weakly.
"Trust me."
Vesta nodded. "Alright. But if you're wrong, you're going to regret it."
"Agreed." Haven sighed.
"Let's go!" Juno insisted.
The four leaped over the rows of seats and onto the stage. "Hold it!"
"Hey! You're…!" Saturn gasped.
Sage ignored them and lunged toward Beryl again.
"AMAZON JUNGLE ARROW!!!"
* * *
"Ha, ha! Can't catch me!" Venus crowed loudly to Thalia as she leapt onto the edge of the fountain then turned around. "Nah!" Venus stuck her tongue out and put her thumbs in her ears, wiggling her fingers and hips. Then sang, "You can't catch me! You can't catch me!"
Thalia shrieked in frustration again and sprang toward Venus.
Sailor Venus dived underneath her, and kicked Thalia into the fountain.
"What a waste of time!" The woman laughed crazily. She jumped up just as Neptune rammed into her. Venus grabbed the other end of the net and wrapped it around her quickly. "Uranus! Now!"
Sailor Uranus pitched the radio into the water as Neptune and Venus took cover in the trees. Just as the flying object neared Thalia, the angry Reflector swung her foot at it and kicked it back over the edge. "Nice try!"
A sudden explosion of black feathers blasted her into the water. "Jupiter, now!" Called the duo of attackers.
The Thunder Senshi attacked immediately. "JUPITER LIGHTNING TREMOR!!!"
Lightning surged around the soaking wet lady and the attack gained incredible strength from the conductor. An explosion shook the area until the power reduced to nothing.
"Got ya." Jupiter breathed a sigh of relief.
The other three Senshi congratulated her until the two mysterious helpers approached.
"Hey, I know you." Venus smiled. "You're Phobos and Deimos, right?"
"Yes, Princess Venus." Phobos acknowledged.
"We are here to help." Deimos explained.
"The others have fallen into a trap."
"We came here to aid you, then take you to them."
* * *
Castor jumped out of the way of Pollux's attack again. "Pollux! Stop it!" He insisted to his brother.
"Ha! Listen to a traitor?! Yeah right." Pollux suddenly caught sight of a tiny figure creeping toward him. He whirled and blasted the person.
Chibi-Usa squeaked in alarm. Her plan hadn't included this.
"Hey!" Castor immediately teleported to her and grabbed her out of harms way. But his assistance came too late and the two were forced into the wall with the magic mirror behind. "Hold on!" Castor told Chibi-Usa as her opened the mirror to wherever it had been viewing.
"Where did we go?" Chibi-Usa asked softly.
"Where ever you were last looking." Castor responded weakly as he sat up then helped her up.
"I was looking for Usagi…"
"Who?"
"Umm… one of my friends." She explained then looked around. They were in the entrance to the stage. On the stage itself, all of Senshi who were in that form was fighting against Sage and Beryl.
"Who's that?" Castor wondered.
"Beats me…"
"Gotcha!" Pollux yelled from behind them.
"Eek!" Chibi-Usa wailed in surprise.
Castor grabbed the child again and scrambled onto the stage.
"Stop!" Pollux ran after them. "You coward!"
"CHIBI-USA!" Usagi screamed to her future child.
"Usagi?!" Chibi-Usa waved happily.
"Small Lady!" Pluto yelled and ran over to them. "Put her down, immediately!"
"Move!" He insisted.
"Pluto!" Chibi-Usa smiled.
"Huh?! Okay fine, whatever!" He put Chibi-Usa into Pluto's arms and raced into a new direction. "Hey, kid," He called back. "If you ever see Sailor Moon again, could you tell her I'd really like my brother back someday?"
Chibi-Usa giggled as Pluto put her on the floor. "Tell her yourself!"
Before Castor had a chance to ask what she had meant, Pollux attacked again. Sending Castor into the rows of seats.
"Chibi-Usa!" Usagi hugged the girl with immense relief. "Are you all right? What happened?"
"Usagi! Save the questions for later!" Chibi-Usa interrupted her friend and glanced to Castor in worry. "We need Sailor Moon, now!"
"Right!" Usagi stood up. "SILVER MOON MIRACLE POWER…"
"PINK MOON CRYSTAL POWER…"
"MAKE UP!!!"
"Great, just great!" Pollux snapped and suddenly changed his mind. He jumped for the two Moon Princesses instead.
"Whaaa!" Sailor Moon and Chibi-Moon leaped out of the way.
Saturn dashed to the scene. "SILENCE WALL!!!" A shield appeared around the three granting protection to those within.
"Saturn!" Sailor Moon exclaimed in surprise.
"You demons should go back to the hell you created!" Saturn growled to Pollux.
"You first Senshi!" Pollux countered and put more effort into his attack.
Saturn's barrier broke and she was flung past Sailor Moon and into the wall. The impact had created a crater from where she had hit the wall.
"Sailor Moon!" Chibi-Moon insisted as she tugged as her arm. "You've got to help him, please! He's not really bad, trust me!"
"You sure?" She asked.
"Please…!" Chibi-Moon begged.
"Of course I will!" Sailor Moon stood up but didn't back down this time. She summoned her Moon-Reviver instead. "MOONLESS SOUL REVIVAL KISS!!!" The two's energies collided, and Sailor Moon found she wasn't strong enough. She was being forced back by his power. "Ugh…"
"Sailor Moon?!" Tuxedo Mask yelled.
"Princess?!" Called Galaxia fearfully.
Chibi-Moon looked up to Sailor Moon. "Usagi!"
Sailor Moon struggled to control the enormous power being given off their attacks, but it was getting to be too much. Pollux easily added more power to his attacks.
Chibi-Moon struggled to get up. [I've got to help!] She scrambled to help, but couldn't even get close because of the extra energy surrounding the two. But how could her help when she couldn't even get close? Sailor Moon was so strong compared to her. It was unfair. [I can't even help Castor or his brother… Or Kisa-chan! And Sailor Moon doesn't need me either…]
Another blast of power tossed the two backward.
"Chibi-Moon!" Sailor Moon grabbed the child into her arms and protectively wrapped them around her. "AAAAAAHHHHHHH!"
"Sailor Moon!" "Usagi!" "Princess!" "Usagi-chan!" The other Senshi called to her, but she didn't get up.
"Odango?!" Chibi-Moon wailed as she shook her mother-to-be.
"Got ya!" Pollux yelled from above.
"Whaaa!" The Senshi in pink screamed. She grabbed Sailor Moon again and shook her harder. "Sailor Moon! Wake up! Please! I can't do this without you! Please, Sailor Moon! I can't do this alone! I need your help! Wake up, please!" Tears fell from her eyes as she tried again. "Sailor Moon! Wake up!!! Please!!!"
The Senshi watched with little they could do, the recently summoned Akuma, Lady Sage, and Queen Beryl, blocked them. Kisaki and Diana tried to push their way through the battle, with little success. Castor looked wide-eyed upon his brother's attempts to harm his newfound friend, and also – he realized – the only person capable of saving the last of his family.
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Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon: Eternal
Book 8: Chapter 22 'War's Tears'
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