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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.