When I Was A Little Girl
Chapter 15
By: Chibi J
Rated: G
Edited by: Sailor Sista
Well, I guess I should say that I have a bit of a writing streak going on. My hubby says it's because my nerves are on fire while I wait to hear about our house. So, unlike other people who tear paper or pace when their nervous, I write. (Yeah! We got the house! I'm so excited!!!)
Well, this is dedicated to everyone who is taking the time to read it. We are nearing the end here people, so I hope you enjoy!
Standard Disclaimers Apply. DUH!
Usagi will be telling her part of the story. You will be able to tell, because she will be speaking in the first person (e.g. "I really hate that"). Hope that's not too confusing.
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(RECAP)
"Well, I guess if we can't do this the easy way..." Kunzite said as he swept his arm around in the air.
The next thing I knew was darkness. Then falling. Then, I screamed. Around me I could see nothing, but could feel that I was falling from some great height in the air. I was gaining speed when I smacked down on my butt. The hard ground caused me to groan in pain as I stood up and rubbed my sore bottom.
I could not see or hear anything around me. Nothing. No senshi. No Mamoru. Nothing.
To be honest, a moment after cursing the silence, I regretted it. I would have preferred the deaf stillness as opposed to hearing the hideous cackle that surrounded the air around me.
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"You will all bow before ME!" The voice cursed. I feel that I could only describe the voice as evil. Well, perhaps a feminine evil. The bodiless voice cackled again before silence took over the empty space.
"Mamoru?" I cried out, hoping that the vast darkness was hiding him from me. However, his lack of reply left me feeling frightened and alone.
"REI!" I shouted, praying that someone was with me. Nothing. 'REI!' As if talking into a dead phone, there was no reply.
I was truly alone.
~*~*~
The senshi had been teleported to the Dark Moon Kingdom and sealed into dimensionless rooms. From the hallway, it appeared that the doors were lined up in rows. But inside, space could go on forever. There was no exit inside and the only hope for freedom would be if someone were to open the door from the outside.
However, unlike Usagi, the other senshi were left in groups. Inside one "cell" Rei, Ami, and Michiru were held. While a second "cell" held Minako, Makoto, Haruka, Hotaru, and Setsuna. Lastly, Mamoru along with Shingo, who was caught in the teleportation spell while running to help his sister, were trapped together. Mamoru was trying to comfort Shingo and his fears by assuring him that Usagi was definitely okay, while Shingo in turn agreed, thereby comforting Mamoru.
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"What do they want with us?" Minako absently asked, not really thinking.
"Well, Minako, what do you think?" Haruka responded sarcastically.
"That's not what I meant and you know it!" Minako yelled at Haruka.
"Well then, say what you mean!" Haruka yelled back. The two were staring daggers at each other and looked ready to explode into a fistfight.
"Minako! Haruka! You both need to calm down!" Setsuna yelled, stepping between the two. "Fighting will not help us accomplish anything."
Unfortunately, Setsuna's words did nothing to help calm the girls. In fact, it merely redirected their anger from each other onto her. Sensing an oncoming battle, Makoto and Hotaru took it into their hands.
With a grin and a wink to Makoto, Hotaru began shouting at her. "Just because you're older doesn't mean anything!"
Makoto quickly understood what Hotaru was doing and began to argue back. "Well that shows what you know short fry! Wisdom comes with AGE!"
"Yeah, well your cooking sucks!"
"And you're sickly looking!"
"Your boobs are too big!"
"Your boobs are non-existent!"
And the insults continued. However, the battle between Minako and Haruka stopped, as they watched their two comrades continue to insult each other. Setsuna just stood back and tried to withhold a smile.
"Well... your parents are dead!"
"So are yours!" And the two girls grabbed onto each other and began to try to shake the living daylights out of each other. Seeing the fight escalating to extremes, Haruka and Minako both ran over and restrained a girl.
"This is silly! You two need to stop fighting!" Haruka yelled as she attempted to restrain Makoto.
"Really, this is no time for fighting!" Minako shouted from her position behind a squirming Hotaru.
Setsuna's laughter rang out in the empty darkness, causing Makoto and Hotaru to burst out in laughter as well. Confusion settled in on Haruka and Minako's faces.
"Huh?" Minako wondered out loud.
"Oh, that was priceless." Makoto said as she easily removed herself from Haruka's grasp, which had slackened when the laughter started.
Hotaru was freed as well and made her way to stand by Makoto. The older girl swung her arm up onto the younger's shoulder.
"Priceless! Where's a camera when you need one?" Hotaru laughed.
"What?" Haruka mumbled.
"Gomen Haruka, but I think they were trying to give us a taste of our own medicine." Minako said as she lowered her head in shame. Haruka looked up to the three smiling faces and nodded in understanding.
"Gomen Minako, I didn't mean to get angry." Haruka replied. She walked over and took Minako in a hug. "Please forgive me."
"Hai, as long as you forgive me." Minako replied. They released from their hug and turned to look at their friends.
"You two play dirty." Haruka grumbled as she looked at Hotaru and Makoto.
"Yeah, but you deserved it." Makoto replied with a grin.
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"Well, this was unexpected." Ami spoke out. For some time, she, Rei, and Michiru had attempted to find a way out of the darkness that surrounded them, to no avail.
"Have you managed to get anything on your computer?" Rei asked, worried not just for herself but for her friends and family.
"I've tried re-adjusting it several times, but nothing is working. My visor isn't picking anything up either." Ami said with a sigh.
"Well, I'm picking up nothing but evil. But I suppose that would be obvious, ne?" Michiru said with a slight grin.
"I suppose we should just sit and wait for what's coming, rather than waste our energy wandering around this abyss." Ami suggested and her two "cellmates" agreed.
"Why do you think we were put together?" Rei asked, wondering where the other senshi were and why they weren't all in the same location.
"Two theories come to my mind." Ami started, looking rather unoptimistic. "My first hypothesis is that we would be easier to defeat if separated."
"Logical. I suppose that makes sense, even if the enemy has not proved themselves that intelligent in the past." Michiru agreed with Ami.
"And second?" Rei prompted Ami on.
"Well, look at us. What do we all have in common?" Ami asked, although neither Michiru nor Rei had any answer. Michiru and Ami both controlled water, but Rei was fire. Michiru and Rei both had extra-sensory perception, but not Ami.
"We have the Nijizuishou." Ami supplied and realization and fear both crossed Rei and Michiru's faces.
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"It'll be okay, don't worry Shingo." Mamoru said, trying to comfort himself and the child.
"I know. Usa wouldn't let anything bad happen to us." He said, reassuring them both.
~*~*~
"Damn!" I was just getting really sick and tired of this place. It was too quiet and I hate that.
I collapsed onto the ground and lay there, trying to stare up at a ceiling or something, only to have the inky blackness stare back.
"Damn!" I closed my eyes, in hope that I could visualize something, anything, as long as it wasn't black.
~*~*~
"Well, this is getting us nowhere." Haruka complained as she crawled along the ground. After giving up on walking around in circles or so it seemed, the five senshi had decided to try to search the floor for a trap door, trip wire, or something that might ensure their freedom.
"We've got to keep trying. There has to be some way out." Makoto replied, although her voice held a sense of desperation.
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"Ami, why do you always have to be right?" Rei asked sarcastically. As if waiting for them to figure out their predicament, Zoisite and Kunzite entered the room right after Ami shared her theory of the crystals causing their group to be together.
"Give them up or you will die." Zoisite commanded.
"Never!" Rei shouted, determined not to let evil win.
"Very well." Kunzite said with a calm and cool voice. Zoisite, however, laughed.
"I will enjoy this." He laughed as he launched himself towards Michiru.
Pulling her arms up to release her attack, Michiru found that she could not call on her powers. Similarly, Rei and Ami found themselves without the energy to send out their attacks.
Zoisite was easily able to bring Michiru to the ground and sent a yellow glow into her body, extracting the indigo crystal. Kunzite had gone after Rei, who was fighting back. Her years of martial arts were showing, but she couldn't stand up against Kunzite's energy attacks.
Finally pinning down Rei, Kunzite extracted the crystal from her at the same time that Zoisite had removed the blue crystal from Ami. The three defeated senshi were sprawled out on the ground, conscious, but exhausted.
"Darn, they didn't die." Zoisite mumbled to himself as he and Kunzite teleported from the room.
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"Do you feel anything?" Mamoru asked Shingo, who was currently standing on Mamoru's shoulders.
"Nothing."
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"Queen Beryl." Kunzite said as he bowed down low before his Queen. Next to him, Zoisite bowed down as well.
"You have succeeded?" Beryl asked with a hiss.
"Yes my Queen." Kunzite replied before holding out his hand with the four crystals, while Zoisite's hand held out the other three.
"Excellent." She said as an evil glint shone in her eye. She walked down to stand in front of her two remaining generals.
Beryl put her hands out in front of the generals, looking like a child holding their hand out for candy. The generals both tipped their hands, allowing the crystals to fall into her hands.
Beryl's evil cackle spread throughout the room as the crystals lifted from her hand and begun to spin in a circle.
"This is it. The ginzuishou will be mine!" She shouted into the air.
Yet, as she reached up to grasp at the crystals above her head, they shot off into the air, escaping her fingers.
"NOOOOO!" She screamed into the air. Both Kunzite and Zoisite fell to the ground in pain, clutching at their ears.
~*~*~
"Wake up my child."
"Just five more minutes."
"Usagi. My little bunny."
I allowed my eyes to open. No one had called me bunny in a long time. It was my mother's pet name for me.
"Momma?" I questioned, looking into the darkness.
"Yes my child." Two voices answered from behind me. I quickly turned around to be confronted with a sight that I never thought I would see again.
"Momma!" I yelled and quickly stood. I ran and threw myself into her waiting arms. "Momma." I said quietly, as she rocked me back and forth in her arms.
"Yes, my Usako." She said, causing the tears to escape my eyes. This was my mother!
She gently pushed me back, although she still kept me in her arms, and stared down at me.
"My dear, you have grown so beautiful. I am so proud of you." Momma said, before enveloping me in a hug once more.
"I'm sorry, but we do not have long." Another voice sounded. It was the same voice that had spoken with my momma's before.
I pulled back from the hug and looked at the woman standing next to my mother. "Queen Serenity?"
"Yes my child." She answered, gazing lovingly towards me. Now I was really getting confused.
"Have I died?" I asked. Both women laughed lightly.
"No my dear. You are here to claim your destiny." Queen Serenity spoke. Above her, seven different colored crystals danced in a circle.
"The Nijizuishou?"
"Usako, my dear, you have a very important duty to the earth." Momma said as she stroked my hair.
"But I don't understand?" I questioned, wondering what was going on.
"My darling, you are not just the daughter of Tsukino Ikuko, but also mine." Queen Serenity spoke, causing a lump to form in my throat, leaving me speechless. "You are Princess Serenity, the princess of the Moon and the keeper of the ginzuishou."
I felt faint. I probably would have dropped to the ground, but my mother caught me.
"Perhaps you should explain some more Serenity." Momma suggested.
"Perhaps." Serenity replied with a smile. "Do you remember the story I told you of the Princess and her Prince, Endymion, of Earth?" I nodded my head. How could I forget, they were the key to defeating Beryl. "You are the reincarnation of my daughter, Princess Serenity."
"No."
"What do you mean "no" Usa?" My momma questioned me.
"I mean no. You've got the wrong girl. I'm just Tsukino Usagi. Sailor Moon if you insist, but there is no way that I could be a Princess!" I ended, practically shouting.
Both of the women, my "Mothers", were laughing out right. Well, so much for entertainment in this dismal place. At least someone was finding humor in this situation.
"My dear, you are the Princess. And it is time for you to claim your birthright." Serenity spoke and signaled to the crystals that were still circling above her head. The crystals moved down and began to circle around my body.
From deep within, I felt a warmth over-power me. In my stomach, butterflies were zooming and my head was swarming. It was as if I had no control over my own body. Suddenly, the seven nijizuishou gathered in front of my chest and stopped. They fused together and shot into my body.
My mind went blank. Or perhaps it would be better to describe it as white, like an empty sheet of paper. Suddenly, the paper filled up and my mind was full to capacity with memories. Not just my current knowledge, but thoughts, feelings, and memories of a time long past.
I opened my eyes and looked upon my mother. Both of them. I stood on shaking legs and threw myself at them both. I felt encompassed by love in the group hug. Yet, I knew that it would not last for much longer. I pulled away from them, tears burning in my eyes.
"Thank you." I said between tears. My body was flooded with emotions and I really didn't know how to feel, a lot less how to convey my feelings to the two most important women in my life.
"May you find your every happiness, my Usako."
"May your life be filled with love and happiness, Serenity."
The two women grasped hands and began to fade from my sight. "No! Don't leave me!"
"Do not fear. We will be in your dreams as you will always be in ours." There voices spoke out in unison. With a flash of white light, the two women were gone and I was left alone again.
"Momma." I cried and slumped into a pile on the floor.
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"Something's wrong with Usagi!" Mamoru and Shingo both cried out at the same time.
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"Find me those crystals!" Beryl shouted at Kunzite and Zoisite.
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"My head hurts." Rei said as she rolled over onto her side, where Michiru and Ami still lay unconscious.
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"Junken Po." Minako, Haruka, Makoto, Hotaru, and Setsuna said at the same time, placing their hands in different positions of a rock, paper, or scissors.
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"I'm all alone."
"No, I'm not. I have friends and family that love me."
"I must fight, I must fight for them!" I shouted as I stood up. Inside me, I could feel a new power, the power of the ginzuishou. I was the Princess!
(EN: It's all so exciting! You can almost see her bouncing about...*giggles*)
I searched throughout my memories, knowing that somewhere there must be some kind of a manual for the crystal. 'Of course, with my luck, it will read like stereo instructions.'
However, there was no key in my memory of how to use the crystal. But then it dawned on me; I had never used the ginzuishou before! It was my mother's crystal!
"Well, grand. Now what do I do?" I mumbled out loud, wishing for some divine intervention. The memory of my first transformation into Sailor Moon entered my mind.
"Look into yourself. You can only find your powers within yourself." Luna's words rang through my mind. The power was inside me. I controlled it. I knew it.
"MOON CRYSTAL ACTIVATION!!"
A bright white light surrounded me and pushed back the midnight blackness that had previously encircled me. The light spread out around me, but an even brighter glow started in front of me.
A crystal of perfect shape, size, and cut twirled in the air in front of me. I reached out and put my hands around it. The ginzuishou's power radiated into and throughout my body. It was beautiful.
I held the crystal in my hand just as a door swung open. I looked up to see Zoisite and Kunzite enter. Their mouths were open in shock and amazement.
"Give us the crystal." Kunzite said, his voice only a whisper. He wasn't demanding it, but merely speaking the words that he had been ordered to.
"This ends now." My voice seemed to echo in the space around me, though I hadn't raised my voice.
I raised the crystal above my head and a silver glow began to pour out from the ginzuishou and my hands. It spread out in waves, encompassing everything around me.
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I told you all that I was on a writing streak!
ChibiJ77@yahoo.com
Chapter 15
By: Chibi J
Rated: G
Edited by: Sailor Sista
Well, I guess I should say that I have a bit of a writing streak going on. My hubby says it's because my nerves are on fire while I wait to hear about our house. So, unlike other people who tear paper or pace when their nervous, I write. (Yeah! We got the house! I'm so excited!!!)
Well, this is dedicated to everyone who is taking the time to read it. We are nearing the end here people, so I hope you enjoy!
Standard Disclaimers Apply. DUH!
Usagi will be telling her part of the story. You will be able to tell, because she will be speaking in the first person (e.g. "I really hate that"). Hope that's not too confusing.
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
(RECAP)
"Well, I guess if we can't do this the easy way..." Kunzite said as he swept his arm around in the air.
The next thing I knew was darkness. Then falling. Then, I screamed. Around me I could see nothing, but could feel that I was falling from some great height in the air. I was gaining speed when I smacked down on my butt. The hard ground caused me to groan in pain as I stood up and rubbed my sore bottom.
I could not see or hear anything around me. Nothing. No senshi. No Mamoru. Nothing.
To be honest, a moment after cursing the silence, I regretted it. I would have preferred the deaf stillness as opposed to hearing the hideous cackle that surrounded the air around me.
~*~
"You will all bow before ME!" The voice cursed. I feel that I could only describe the voice as evil. Well, perhaps a feminine evil. The bodiless voice cackled again before silence took over the empty space.
"Mamoru?" I cried out, hoping that the vast darkness was hiding him from me. However, his lack of reply left me feeling frightened and alone.
"REI!" I shouted, praying that someone was with me. Nothing. 'REI!' As if talking into a dead phone, there was no reply.
I was truly alone.
~*~*~
The senshi had been teleported to the Dark Moon Kingdom and sealed into dimensionless rooms. From the hallway, it appeared that the doors were lined up in rows. But inside, space could go on forever. There was no exit inside and the only hope for freedom would be if someone were to open the door from the outside.
However, unlike Usagi, the other senshi were left in groups. Inside one "cell" Rei, Ami, and Michiru were held. While a second "cell" held Minako, Makoto, Haruka, Hotaru, and Setsuna. Lastly, Mamoru along with Shingo, who was caught in the teleportation spell while running to help his sister, were trapped together. Mamoru was trying to comfort Shingo and his fears by assuring him that Usagi was definitely okay, while Shingo in turn agreed, thereby comforting Mamoru.
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"What do they want with us?" Minako absently asked, not really thinking.
"Well, Minako, what do you think?" Haruka responded sarcastically.
"That's not what I meant and you know it!" Minako yelled at Haruka.
"Well then, say what you mean!" Haruka yelled back. The two were staring daggers at each other and looked ready to explode into a fistfight.
"Minako! Haruka! You both need to calm down!" Setsuna yelled, stepping between the two. "Fighting will not help us accomplish anything."
Unfortunately, Setsuna's words did nothing to help calm the girls. In fact, it merely redirected their anger from each other onto her. Sensing an oncoming battle, Makoto and Hotaru took it into their hands.
With a grin and a wink to Makoto, Hotaru began shouting at her. "Just because you're older doesn't mean anything!"
Makoto quickly understood what Hotaru was doing and began to argue back. "Well that shows what you know short fry! Wisdom comes with AGE!"
"Yeah, well your cooking sucks!"
"And you're sickly looking!"
"Your boobs are too big!"
"Your boobs are non-existent!"
And the insults continued. However, the battle between Minako and Haruka stopped, as they watched their two comrades continue to insult each other. Setsuna just stood back and tried to withhold a smile.
"Well... your parents are dead!"
"So are yours!" And the two girls grabbed onto each other and began to try to shake the living daylights out of each other. Seeing the fight escalating to extremes, Haruka and Minako both ran over and restrained a girl.
"This is silly! You two need to stop fighting!" Haruka yelled as she attempted to restrain Makoto.
"Really, this is no time for fighting!" Minako shouted from her position behind a squirming Hotaru.
Setsuna's laughter rang out in the empty darkness, causing Makoto and Hotaru to burst out in laughter as well. Confusion settled in on Haruka and Minako's faces.
"Huh?" Minako wondered out loud.
"Oh, that was priceless." Makoto said as she easily removed herself from Haruka's grasp, which had slackened when the laughter started.
Hotaru was freed as well and made her way to stand by Makoto. The older girl swung her arm up onto the younger's shoulder.
"Priceless! Where's a camera when you need one?" Hotaru laughed.
"What?" Haruka mumbled.
"Gomen Haruka, but I think they were trying to give us a taste of our own medicine." Minako said as she lowered her head in shame. Haruka looked up to the three smiling faces and nodded in understanding.
"Gomen Minako, I didn't mean to get angry." Haruka replied. She walked over and took Minako in a hug. "Please forgive me."
"Hai, as long as you forgive me." Minako replied. They released from their hug and turned to look at their friends.
"You two play dirty." Haruka grumbled as she looked at Hotaru and Makoto.
"Yeah, but you deserved it." Makoto replied with a grin.
~*~
"Well, this was unexpected." Ami spoke out. For some time, she, Rei, and Michiru had attempted to find a way out of the darkness that surrounded them, to no avail.
"Have you managed to get anything on your computer?" Rei asked, worried not just for herself but for her friends and family.
"I've tried re-adjusting it several times, but nothing is working. My visor isn't picking anything up either." Ami said with a sigh.
"Well, I'm picking up nothing but evil. But I suppose that would be obvious, ne?" Michiru said with a slight grin.
"I suppose we should just sit and wait for what's coming, rather than waste our energy wandering around this abyss." Ami suggested and her two "cellmates" agreed.
"Why do you think we were put together?" Rei asked, wondering where the other senshi were and why they weren't all in the same location.
"Two theories come to my mind." Ami started, looking rather unoptimistic. "My first hypothesis is that we would be easier to defeat if separated."
"Logical. I suppose that makes sense, even if the enemy has not proved themselves that intelligent in the past." Michiru agreed with Ami.
"And second?" Rei prompted Ami on.
"Well, look at us. What do we all have in common?" Ami asked, although neither Michiru nor Rei had any answer. Michiru and Ami both controlled water, but Rei was fire. Michiru and Rei both had extra-sensory perception, but not Ami.
"We have the Nijizuishou." Ami supplied and realization and fear both crossed Rei and Michiru's faces.
~*~
"It'll be okay, don't worry Shingo." Mamoru said, trying to comfort himself and the child.
"I know. Usa wouldn't let anything bad happen to us." He said, reassuring them both.
~*~*~
"Damn!" I was just getting really sick and tired of this place. It was too quiet and I hate that.
I collapsed onto the ground and lay there, trying to stare up at a ceiling or something, only to have the inky blackness stare back.
"Damn!" I closed my eyes, in hope that I could visualize something, anything, as long as it wasn't black.
~*~*~
"Well, this is getting us nowhere." Haruka complained as she crawled along the ground. After giving up on walking around in circles or so it seemed, the five senshi had decided to try to search the floor for a trap door, trip wire, or something that might ensure their freedom.
"We've got to keep trying. There has to be some way out." Makoto replied, although her voice held a sense of desperation.
~*~
"Ami, why do you always have to be right?" Rei asked sarcastically. As if waiting for them to figure out their predicament, Zoisite and Kunzite entered the room right after Ami shared her theory of the crystals causing their group to be together.
"Give them up or you will die." Zoisite commanded.
"Never!" Rei shouted, determined not to let evil win.
"Very well." Kunzite said with a calm and cool voice. Zoisite, however, laughed.
"I will enjoy this." He laughed as he launched himself towards Michiru.
Pulling her arms up to release her attack, Michiru found that she could not call on her powers. Similarly, Rei and Ami found themselves without the energy to send out their attacks.
Zoisite was easily able to bring Michiru to the ground and sent a yellow glow into her body, extracting the indigo crystal. Kunzite had gone after Rei, who was fighting back. Her years of martial arts were showing, but she couldn't stand up against Kunzite's energy attacks.
Finally pinning down Rei, Kunzite extracted the crystal from her at the same time that Zoisite had removed the blue crystal from Ami. The three defeated senshi were sprawled out on the ground, conscious, but exhausted.
"Darn, they didn't die." Zoisite mumbled to himself as he and Kunzite teleported from the room.
~*~
"Do you feel anything?" Mamoru asked Shingo, who was currently standing on Mamoru's shoulders.
"Nothing."
~*~
"Queen Beryl." Kunzite said as he bowed down low before his Queen. Next to him, Zoisite bowed down as well.
"You have succeeded?" Beryl asked with a hiss.
"Yes my Queen." Kunzite replied before holding out his hand with the four crystals, while Zoisite's hand held out the other three.
"Excellent." She said as an evil glint shone in her eye. She walked down to stand in front of her two remaining generals.
Beryl put her hands out in front of the generals, looking like a child holding their hand out for candy. The generals both tipped their hands, allowing the crystals to fall into her hands.
Beryl's evil cackle spread throughout the room as the crystals lifted from her hand and begun to spin in a circle.
"This is it. The ginzuishou will be mine!" She shouted into the air.
Yet, as she reached up to grasp at the crystals above her head, they shot off into the air, escaping her fingers.
"NOOOOO!" She screamed into the air. Both Kunzite and Zoisite fell to the ground in pain, clutching at their ears.
~*~*~
"Wake up my child."
"Just five more minutes."
"Usagi. My little bunny."
I allowed my eyes to open. No one had called me bunny in a long time. It was my mother's pet name for me.
"Momma?" I questioned, looking into the darkness.
"Yes my child." Two voices answered from behind me. I quickly turned around to be confronted with a sight that I never thought I would see again.
"Momma!" I yelled and quickly stood. I ran and threw myself into her waiting arms. "Momma." I said quietly, as she rocked me back and forth in her arms.
"Yes, my Usako." She said, causing the tears to escape my eyes. This was my mother!
She gently pushed me back, although she still kept me in her arms, and stared down at me.
"My dear, you have grown so beautiful. I am so proud of you." Momma said, before enveloping me in a hug once more.
"I'm sorry, but we do not have long." Another voice sounded. It was the same voice that had spoken with my momma's before.
I pulled back from the hug and looked at the woman standing next to my mother. "Queen Serenity?"
"Yes my child." She answered, gazing lovingly towards me. Now I was really getting confused.
"Have I died?" I asked. Both women laughed lightly.
"No my dear. You are here to claim your destiny." Queen Serenity spoke. Above her, seven different colored crystals danced in a circle.
"The Nijizuishou?"
"Usako, my dear, you have a very important duty to the earth." Momma said as she stroked my hair.
"But I don't understand?" I questioned, wondering what was going on.
"My darling, you are not just the daughter of Tsukino Ikuko, but also mine." Queen Serenity spoke, causing a lump to form in my throat, leaving me speechless. "You are Princess Serenity, the princess of the Moon and the keeper of the ginzuishou."
I felt faint. I probably would have dropped to the ground, but my mother caught me.
"Perhaps you should explain some more Serenity." Momma suggested.
"Perhaps." Serenity replied with a smile. "Do you remember the story I told you of the Princess and her Prince, Endymion, of Earth?" I nodded my head. How could I forget, they were the key to defeating Beryl. "You are the reincarnation of my daughter, Princess Serenity."
"No."
"What do you mean "no" Usa?" My momma questioned me.
"I mean no. You've got the wrong girl. I'm just Tsukino Usagi. Sailor Moon if you insist, but there is no way that I could be a Princess!" I ended, practically shouting.
Both of the women, my "Mothers", were laughing out right. Well, so much for entertainment in this dismal place. At least someone was finding humor in this situation.
"My dear, you are the Princess. And it is time for you to claim your birthright." Serenity spoke and signaled to the crystals that were still circling above her head. The crystals moved down and began to circle around my body.
From deep within, I felt a warmth over-power me. In my stomach, butterflies were zooming and my head was swarming. It was as if I had no control over my own body. Suddenly, the seven nijizuishou gathered in front of my chest and stopped. They fused together and shot into my body.
My mind went blank. Or perhaps it would be better to describe it as white, like an empty sheet of paper. Suddenly, the paper filled up and my mind was full to capacity with memories. Not just my current knowledge, but thoughts, feelings, and memories of a time long past.
I opened my eyes and looked upon my mother. Both of them. I stood on shaking legs and threw myself at them both. I felt encompassed by love in the group hug. Yet, I knew that it would not last for much longer. I pulled away from them, tears burning in my eyes.
"Thank you." I said between tears. My body was flooded with emotions and I really didn't know how to feel, a lot less how to convey my feelings to the two most important women in my life.
"May you find your every happiness, my Usako."
"May your life be filled with love and happiness, Serenity."
The two women grasped hands and began to fade from my sight. "No! Don't leave me!"
"Do not fear. We will be in your dreams as you will always be in ours." There voices spoke out in unison. With a flash of white light, the two women were gone and I was left alone again.
"Momma." I cried and slumped into a pile on the floor.
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"Something's wrong with Usagi!" Mamoru and Shingo both cried out at the same time.
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"Find me those crystals!" Beryl shouted at Kunzite and Zoisite.
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"My head hurts." Rei said as she rolled over onto her side, where Michiru and Ami still lay unconscious.
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"Junken Po." Minako, Haruka, Makoto, Hotaru, and Setsuna said at the same time, placing their hands in different positions of a rock, paper, or scissors.
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"I'm all alone."
"No, I'm not. I have friends and family that love me."
"I must fight, I must fight for them!" I shouted as I stood up. Inside me, I could feel a new power, the power of the ginzuishou. I was the Princess!
(EN: It's all so exciting! You can almost see her bouncing about...*giggles*)
I searched throughout my memories, knowing that somewhere there must be some kind of a manual for the crystal. 'Of course, with my luck, it will read like stereo instructions.'
However, there was no key in my memory of how to use the crystal. But then it dawned on me; I had never used the ginzuishou before! It was my mother's crystal!
"Well, grand. Now what do I do?" I mumbled out loud, wishing for some divine intervention. The memory of my first transformation into Sailor Moon entered my mind.
"Look into yourself. You can only find your powers within yourself." Luna's words rang through my mind. The power was inside me. I controlled it. I knew it.
"MOON CRYSTAL ACTIVATION!!"
A bright white light surrounded me and pushed back the midnight blackness that had previously encircled me. The light spread out around me, but an even brighter glow started in front of me.
A crystal of perfect shape, size, and cut twirled in the air in front of me. I reached out and put my hands around it. The ginzuishou's power radiated into and throughout my body. It was beautiful.
I held the crystal in my hand just as a door swung open. I looked up to see Zoisite and Kunzite enter. Their mouths were open in shock and amazement.
"Give us the crystal." Kunzite said, his voice only a whisper. He wasn't demanding it, but merely speaking the words that he had been ordered to.
"This ends now." My voice seemed to echo in the space around me, though I hadn't raised my voice.
I raised the crystal above my head and a silver glow began to pour out from the ginzuishou and my hands. It spread out in waves, encompassing everything around me.
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I told you all that I was on a writing streak!
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