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Sailor Moon: Silver
Chapter 27
Crystal's Battle
Crystal narrows her eyes as she sees Fins smirking. Her dagger shimmers as she
twirls it.
"Don't you know little girls shouldn't play with sharp objects?" Fins
taunts.
"Don't you know little fishies shouldn't be stealing dream mirrors?"
Crystal counters.
Now it's Crystal's turn to smirk as Fins scowls.
"You will pay for EVER attacking the Sailor Scouts, especially those of
the Outer Guard."
"And what are you going to do about it?" Fins asks.
"This! Crystal Slash!"
Crystal runs forward and her dagger glows a silverish goldish color. Fins
charges forward and both slash at each other at the exact same time. Fins
stumbles then growls as he clasps his upper arm. Crystal, on the other hand,
falls to her knees holding her side. Crimson stains her white gloves and the
crescent moon on her forehead flashes.
Aurora. You have to destroy Fins. None of the other Scouts know this battle
is going on.
Crystal nods and stands up. She lets her hand drop to her side and blood drips
onto the ground. She turns around and glares at Fins.
"I commend you. You have a lot more spirit then I thought."
"Everyone says that just because I'm little. Well let me tell you, I have
a lot more spirit then you'll ever see again."
In the darkness of the now setting sun, four girls stand hidden.
"Are you sure we have to take her dream mirror?" The one in green
asks.
"Yes." The one in red answers.
"But she's so young!" The one in blue protests.
"She's right." The one in pink agrees.
"Who knows. Maybe her dreams are to stay young forever, like us." The
one in green says.
All four giggle and disappear. Meanwhile with Crystal and Fins, a battle has
ensured. Both are injured, but it seems Crystal is the only one tiring. She
knows Fins is not a machine for one of the injuries on Fins is cut all the way
to the bone.
"Do you want to give up?" Fins asks.
"Never!" Crystal answers.
Fins holds his hand out and Crystal puts up her dagger to make a barrier. Before
she can water rushes out of Fins hand and comes at Crystal. She flies back and
hits the top of the chlorinated water of the pool. She gives a short cry, then
goes under. The water is stinging her open wounds and blood is turning the
water red. Crystal unfurls her wings, then folds them. This gives her speed as
she swims down to the bottom of the pool. She grabs her dagger and turns to
surface. She freezes as she sees Fins swimming towards her. She moves out of
the way of his attack and swims towards the surface. She surfaces and flies out
of the water. There she hovers above the water, looking for Fins. When she doesn't
see him, she flies over and lands beside Michelle. She had detransformed and
now was lying, unconscious and vulnerable. As Crystal picks Michelle up, her
senses flash. She makes a shield with her wings, but still gets hit. Michelle
flies out of her arms and her dagger flies out of her hand as she flies back
and hits the window, falling to the floor. Crystal slowly gets up and gasps.
"Leave her alone!" She cries.
Fins smirks and holds Michelle up. He moves the dagger close to the limp girl's
neck and Crystal feels rage building up within her.
"LEAVE HER ALONE!" Crystal screams.
Her dagger glows white and appears in Crystal's open hand.
"You will never hurt anyone, ever again! Crystal Light!"
Crystal sweeps the blade in Fins direction and a scythe looking white energy
blade emits from it. It rushes at Fins and slashes both sides of the fish part
of his body, then it slices through the tail before disappearing. Crystal
glares coldly and Fins as he falls to the ground. The battle was not over.
Chapter 28:
Super Sailor Crystal's Demise?
Crystal turns her back to Fins, but falls to the ground, clutching her side.
The bleeding had restarted and Fins knew Crystal couldn't battle much longer.
"Just give up, Crystal, and give me your dream mirror."
Crystal shakes her head and shakily gets up. She's offgaurd and gets rammed
from behind by Fins. When they hit the ground, Fins tries to attack Crystal's
wounds. He only gets in two successful hits before Crystal plunges her dagger
into his chest. Fins growls and claws Crystal's neck and chest.. The young
sailor scout gives no notice as she pushes Fins back, taking the dagger in the
process. She stands up and blood drips off the dagger.
"Never threaten to hurt one of my friends with my own dagger. It will
cause you pain." Crystal says coldly.
Let me explain a little more about Crystal's dagger. Before it ad gotten
stolen from the Royal family, it was an ordinary dagger. Now, after killing
Tokina, the dagger can seemingly possess its owner. It's not true. It helps
Crystal channel her rage. If anyone thinks about killing somebody with that
dagger, images of Tokina will appear in her mind, driving her into rage,
helping her out in battles. When the battle is done and Crystal detransforms,
she's exhausted and drained. How will she fair with her injuries?
"Forgive me, Young Crystal."
Crystal's wings twitch and Fins charges forward, ignoring his chest wound.
Crystal does the same, ignoring her own injuries. Both clash in the middle.
Crystal swipes the dagger across Fins face and he does the same to her left
cheek, making that injury worse. Crystal moves her dagger and plunges it into
Fins chest again.
"I commend you for surviving so long." Crystal says sarcastically.
A red ruby, encrusted into the hilt of the dagger, glows silver.
"Unfortunately, now I have to kill you."
"How long will you live with your injuries?" Fins asks.
"Crystal Desolation!"
The whole dagger glows silver and Fins screams as his insides burn. He disappears
and the dagger clings as it hits the ground. Crystal half closes her eyes and
detransforms. Her left cheek, neck, right side, and chest all have injuries,
but only her chest, cheek, and side are bleeding. Aurora starts coughing uncontrollably
as she clutches her chest wound.
"I'm sorry, Athena."
Aurora falls forward and hits the ground with a thud. She passes out, but in
her mind, she knows she's dying. As the rest of the life leaves her, the
crescent moon flashes on her forehead once, then disappears as she breathes her
last breath. Elsewhere, as a black haired woman watches her, Athena's horn
glows and she collapses to her knees. The woman smirks and leaves.
Athena, what's wrong?
"Helios, Aurora did it. She defeated Fins."
But....
"She's dead."
Athena breaks down crying. Helios lets her be, knowing upset she is and how
upset Rini will be once she finds out.
Chapter 29:
A Tricky Revival
A familiar forest green haired frowns as she watches the battle between Aurora
and Fins. Once Aurora dies, Pluto summons her body. Pluto instantly notices the
crystal she always had around her neck is gone as she looks Aurora over.
Thankfully the wounds have stopped bleeding, but that's not what's bothering
Pluto. Without the crystal, Pluto couldn't revive Aurora on her own. But she
still wanted to see if she had enough time to revive her. She places the top of
the time staff to Aurora's forehead. The crescent moon flashes and a faint
image of her as Crystal appears, overlapping her body. The image disappears and
Pluto walks over to the time gates. She walks through and comes out right
outside the Crystal Palace. She runs inside and stops in front of the door to
the throne room. She slowly opens the door and looks around. She spots Guardian
Mercury and walks over to her. She taps the blue haired scout on the shoulder
and she turns. Pluto smiles and so does Mercury.
"Hello Princess Pluto." Mercury greets cheerfully.
"Hello Princess Mercury. Where is the Queen?" Pluto asks.
"She's in the library."
Pluto hides her surprise and smiles again.
"Thanks."
Pluto turns and walks out of the throne room. She walks down the hallway and
soon locates the door to the library. She opens it and looks in.
"Serenity? I need you help."
"Over here."
Pluto notices Serenity's voice sounds sad. She walks inside the library and
finds the blonde haired queen in the History section. As Pluto walks up,
Serenity looks up at her with red eyes instead of crystal blue.
"Serenity, what's wrong?" Pluto asks gently.
"Don't try to trick me, Pluto. I know Aurora's dead."
Pluto looks down. That explained the red color of her eyes. She had been
crying, grieving the loss of her youngest daughter.
"That is true. That's why I came. It's not time for her to die and I can
revive her. But she doesn't have her crystal. I need your help if I'm going to
do it." Pluto says.
"Mars won't be happy about the crystal, but I'll help."
Serenity stands up and Pluto opens the time gates. Both step through and come
out at the familiar fogged area. Pluto leads Serenity to Aurora's body. As
Pluto watches the queen's reaction, she can instantly tell she's holding back
on crying.
"She looks so helpless."
Pluto smiles faintly.
"She defeated an enemy who took out two of the Outer Guard."
Serenity looks at Pluto, then back at Aurora.
"Let's get this started." Pluto says gently.
Serenity nods and the silver crystal appears in her hands. Pluto holds her time
staff up the Garnet Orb, at the top of the time staff, glows. The silver
crystal glows and both woman put their power into reviving Aurora. All her
wounds heal, expect for the one on her left cheek. That one only heals
partially. The silver tints in her hair become silver streaks. The crescent
moon flashes on her forehead as she takes a deep breath. She starts trembling
as she coughs a couple of times. Serenity gets on her knees beside her and
takes her youngest daughter into her arms. Aurora stops trembling and slowly
opens her eyes. She looks shocked as she sees Pluto.
"I'm so glad you're alright."
"Momma?"
Aurora turns her head and closes one eye as a teardrop falls on her forehead.
Aurora hugs her mother, who returns the hug. Serenity pulls back to look at
Aurora, who smiles cheerfully.
"You've gotten so much older."
"Not really. Only a year."
Pluto and Serenity smile.
"Your mind has grown much more then your body, Aurora."
"Is that good?" Aurora asks, innocently.
Serenity laughs softly and Aurora smiles again.
"Yes, it is. You'll be able to get Athena back, no problem."
Aurora looks down for a minute, then looks up.
"Then I will. I'll get Athena and Helios back."
Pluto smiles. Serenity and Aurora stand up and Aurora plays with Serenity's
hair. As the Queen and the Sailor Scout of time talk, Aurora braids her
mother's hair.
"That looks pretty." Aurora says, interrupting the talk.
"What does?" Pluto asks.
"That." Aurora says, pointing to a ball of silver light.
Ryoko: So now Aurora is nine years old. So that makes Rini ten, right?
Aeris: How much younger is Aurora to Rini?
Ryoko: A year.
Aeris: Then yes.
