TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS I'VE BEEN THROUGH
By: Neko Majikku
Chapter Six: Pluto's Time Runs Out; Earth Makes a Choice
Rated: PG-13
Setsuna avoided Usagi the entire day. Numerous calls came from her, communicator attempts, even coming directly over. But Setsuna only ignored it. As the sun fell, Setsuna stood. She knew exactly what was going on now. It had taken a long time to figure it out. This was supposed to happen. This was some kind purposeful task. Why else would they be disappearing? Unless this enemy was intelligent and wanted them to suffer slowly... Slim chance.
Pluto walked outside her home and toward a certain construction site. She didn't need a night to sleep, perhaps dream about her past, in order to know where she was to go. She too had followed Saturn, had seen the attacker. But she held back. The attack used was expressly familiar.... Pluto could only put a name to the person but not quite yet. She entered the spooky location and waited.
Silence. A slight, cool, breeze. Silence.
"Dead.... Scream..." Pluto whispered, calling upon her talisman. The purple light that came with the attack passed silently and quickly through the dusk and into a particular shadow.
The shadow moved, hit, but barely, by the attack. The shadow held a scythe and it fell towards Pluto. She reached up and blocked it, taking from witness account to block and then run before her weapon could sustain harsh damages. The Woman pulled off her hood and watched Pluto carefully. She tilted her head back slightly, a look of emotionless amusement on her features. Recognition. Pluto tensed.
"You wish to test me, then so be it! Let my friends go!" Pluto leapt high, bringing her key down upon the pole of the Woman's scythe weapon. As she expected, both weapons hissed on contact and Pluto could feel the heat of Hell come from them. But Pluto had a plan. She had been thinking it over all day. She kept her eyes on the red eye of the Woman and brought her foot between the woman's legs, tripping her up successfully.
The Woman recoiled by twisting and hand springing back to her feet again. It was a proper distraction. Pluto swung her key for the Woman's face, but only came to miss. The Woman was much too fast. And she had had enough. With a quick movement, the Woman had caught Pluto in the same bindings that held the other Senshi. There was only one left: Sailor Moon.
Mamoru had been attending his college courses in America throughout the ordeal, but Usagi had kept him updated through letters. As far as he knew, though, Mars was gone and no one else. But, judging by time, at least Saturn was gone. He walked down the busy streets and watched the sky for any hint of help. For some reason, he felt compelled not to care about the happenings.
"Chiba Mamoru..." at least five voices said. With a light breeze that felt deathly cold, every occupant of the street and surrounding area was gone except for himself. A woman in a black cloak stood two yards from Mamoru, holding a large scythe and watching him with one blood red eye; her other covered by a mask.
"Are you the person who's been attacking Tokyo?" Mamoru asked calmly. "Who's been abducting the Senshi?"
"In a manner of speaking."
"Then I suppose I'm next?"
"Why would she waste her time on you?" asked a third party. A man in a suit much like that of the past's Four Knights of Earth stood on the other side of Mamoru, his arms crossed and an amused look across his face. "Ha!"
"Who're you?" Mamoru asked curiously.
"Me? You don't remember, do you? Oh well. No one did," The Man sniffed mockingly.
"Lord, I advise you to silence yourself," the Woman spoke up quietly. Her original voice calm, the others laughing at the Lord.
The Man frowned. "Fine. Whatever." He became interested in the stores around them.
Mamoru turned back to the Woman. "What is it that you want?"
"I have a choice for you."
"A choice?"
"Gee, is there an echo out here or what?" the Man muttered. Mamoru shot him a look and the Woman ignored him.
"Would you rather live your life without the memories of your past or have them? I offer you this with consequences," The Woman replied.
"Like what?"
"Either way you are to never see the Sailor Senshi again and live." The Woman didn't waver at her threat. She gazed at him with meaning.
"What kind of choice is that?" Mamoru demanded.
"A good one." Came the Man's remark. "C'mon, Endy-chan, it's an A or B situation here." He tapped his foot impatiently.
"If I didn't know better, I'd think you didn't like me," Mamoru muttered to the Man and turned back to the Woman. "Fine. If you are threatening to keep me away from the Senshi, than give me back my memories. There's obviously a reason for it, set in the past."
"LOOK!! A BRILLIANT OBSERVATION! He's a genius, Lady, it might be a waste to kill him after all," the Man laughed manically and the Woman glanced at him, frowning. He caught the look and shrugged. "It's true. This guy's a regular King Poseidon- if you didn't know, kid, he was the smartest man in the Silver Millennium..."
The Woman waved her hand and the Man's mouth shut. Muffled sounds emerged, but he couldn't open it anymore. He glared at her, folded his arms, and waited for her to finish her business.
The Woman turned back to Mamoru and lifted the same hand. Splitting pain passed through the man and he fell to his knees. Muffled laughter came from the Lord. Mamoru shut his eyes to the suddenly blinding light that only made the migraine worse.
Memories flooded Mamoru's mind. He felt dizzy from the sudden flow of thoughts. Most of them were directed toward two places: the Moon, and Mars.
One particular feeling flooded Mamoru as he saw a young man take Princess Serenity's hand in a vision and lead her away from the terrace where he, Prince Endiymon, stood. This man sent Endiymon a dirty look and Endiymon sent it back...
The Woman watched as Mamoru fell to the ground, unconscious, from the tsunami of memories. She lifted her hand and sent him back to the place he had been housing in. "Stay away from the Senshi..." she muttered threateningly before leaving to her world, taking the Lord with her and returning the people.
Usagi sat silently in her room. She was alone. Completely alone. Mercury... Venus... Mars... Jupiter... Saturn... Uranus... Neptune... Pluto... Luna... Artemis... All gone. And she had a good feeling that something had happened to Mamoru. Her heart felt... hurt... and yet... relieved. She didn't know why. It was confusing. She wanted her friends back! Usagi bent her head and cried into her knees. She was next. She'd get them back. So help her, she would.
By: Neko Majikku
Chapter Six: Pluto's Time Runs Out; Earth Makes a Choice
Rated: PG-13
Setsuna avoided Usagi the entire day. Numerous calls came from her, communicator attempts, even coming directly over. But Setsuna only ignored it. As the sun fell, Setsuna stood. She knew exactly what was going on now. It had taken a long time to figure it out. This was supposed to happen. This was some kind purposeful task. Why else would they be disappearing? Unless this enemy was intelligent and wanted them to suffer slowly... Slim chance.
Pluto walked outside her home and toward a certain construction site. She didn't need a night to sleep, perhaps dream about her past, in order to know where she was to go. She too had followed Saturn, had seen the attacker. But she held back. The attack used was expressly familiar.... Pluto could only put a name to the person but not quite yet. She entered the spooky location and waited.
Silence. A slight, cool, breeze. Silence.
"Dead.... Scream..." Pluto whispered, calling upon her talisman. The purple light that came with the attack passed silently and quickly through the dusk and into a particular shadow.
The shadow moved, hit, but barely, by the attack. The shadow held a scythe and it fell towards Pluto. She reached up and blocked it, taking from witness account to block and then run before her weapon could sustain harsh damages. The Woman pulled off her hood and watched Pluto carefully. She tilted her head back slightly, a look of emotionless amusement on her features. Recognition. Pluto tensed.
"You wish to test me, then so be it! Let my friends go!" Pluto leapt high, bringing her key down upon the pole of the Woman's scythe weapon. As she expected, both weapons hissed on contact and Pluto could feel the heat of Hell come from them. But Pluto had a plan. She had been thinking it over all day. She kept her eyes on the red eye of the Woman and brought her foot between the woman's legs, tripping her up successfully.
The Woman recoiled by twisting and hand springing back to her feet again. It was a proper distraction. Pluto swung her key for the Woman's face, but only came to miss. The Woman was much too fast. And she had had enough. With a quick movement, the Woman had caught Pluto in the same bindings that held the other Senshi. There was only one left: Sailor Moon.
Mamoru had been attending his college courses in America throughout the ordeal, but Usagi had kept him updated through letters. As far as he knew, though, Mars was gone and no one else. But, judging by time, at least Saturn was gone. He walked down the busy streets and watched the sky for any hint of help. For some reason, he felt compelled not to care about the happenings.
"Chiba Mamoru..." at least five voices said. With a light breeze that felt deathly cold, every occupant of the street and surrounding area was gone except for himself. A woman in a black cloak stood two yards from Mamoru, holding a large scythe and watching him with one blood red eye; her other covered by a mask.
"Are you the person who's been attacking Tokyo?" Mamoru asked calmly. "Who's been abducting the Senshi?"
"In a manner of speaking."
"Then I suppose I'm next?"
"Why would she waste her time on you?" asked a third party. A man in a suit much like that of the past's Four Knights of Earth stood on the other side of Mamoru, his arms crossed and an amused look across his face. "Ha!"
"Who're you?" Mamoru asked curiously.
"Me? You don't remember, do you? Oh well. No one did," The Man sniffed mockingly.
"Lord, I advise you to silence yourself," the Woman spoke up quietly. Her original voice calm, the others laughing at the Lord.
The Man frowned. "Fine. Whatever." He became interested in the stores around them.
Mamoru turned back to the Woman. "What is it that you want?"
"I have a choice for you."
"A choice?"
"Gee, is there an echo out here or what?" the Man muttered. Mamoru shot him a look and the Woman ignored him.
"Would you rather live your life without the memories of your past or have them? I offer you this with consequences," The Woman replied.
"Like what?"
"Either way you are to never see the Sailor Senshi again and live." The Woman didn't waver at her threat. She gazed at him with meaning.
"What kind of choice is that?" Mamoru demanded.
"A good one." Came the Man's remark. "C'mon, Endy-chan, it's an A or B situation here." He tapped his foot impatiently.
"If I didn't know better, I'd think you didn't like me," Mamoru muttered to the Man and turned back to the Woman. "Fine. If you are threatening to keep me away from the Senshi, than give me back my memories. There's obviously a reason for it, set in the past."
"LOOK!! A BRILLIANT OBSERVATION! He's a genius, Lady, it might be a waste to kill him after all," the Man laughed manically and the Woman glanced at him, frowning. He caught the look and shrugged. "It's true. This guy's a regular King Poseidon- if you didn't know, kid, he was the smartest man in the Silver Millennium..."
The Woman waved her hand and the Man's mouth shut. Muffled sounds emerged, but he couldn't open it anymore. He glared at her, folded his arms, and waited for her to finish her business.
The Woman turned back to Mamoru and lifted the same hand. Splitting pain passed through the man and he fell to his knees. Muffled laughter came from the Lord. Mamoru shut his eyes to the suddenly blinding light that only made the migraine worse.
Memories flooded Mamoru's mind. He felt dizzy from the sudden flow of thoughts. Most of them were directed toward two places: the Moon, and Mars.
One particular feeling flooded Mamoru as he saw a young man take Princess Serenity's hand in a vision and lead her away from the terrace where he, Prince Endiymon, stood. This man sent Endiymon a dirty look and Endiymon sent it back...
The Woman watched as Mamoru fell to the ground, unconscious, from the tsunami of memories. She lifted her hand and sent him back to the place he had been housing in. "Stay away from the Senshi..." she muttered threateningly before leaving to her world, taking the Lord with her and returning the people.
Usagi sat silently in her room. She was alone. Completely alone. Mercury... Venus... Mars... Jupiter... Saturn... Uranus... Neptune... Pluto... Luna... Artemis... All gone. And she had a good feeling that something had happened to Mamoru. Her heart felt... hurt... and yet... relieved. She didn't know why. It was confusing. She wanted her friends back! Usagi bent her head and cried into her knees. She was next. She'd get them back. So help her, she would.