Chapter Five

Family Strife

"Hello? Is this the Tokyo Central Hospital?" Rei said into the phone. "It is? Good. I just wanted to get the latest news on three of my friends that are staying at the hospital. They are in Rooms D13 and C22. Their names are Hoatru Tomoe, Usagi Tsukino, and Mamoru Shields."

All the scouts, Artemis, Luna, and Diana were at Rei's temple comforting Usagi when Rei had decided to call the hospital to see if their was any new information. The scouts sat around on the floor watching Rei as she talked to the Hospital. Mina held Usagi's hand.

A look of shock passed Rei's face and everyone looked at her worriedly.

"Something else bad happened, didn't it?" Usagi whispered.

"Ok. Thank you, for telling me. I will contact the hospital If I find out anything." Rei hung up the phone and turned to Ami, Makoto, Mina, and Usagi.

"Bad news, guys." Rei said. "Hotaru, Chibi-Usa, and Mamoru have disappeared from the hospital."

"Small Lady disappeared?" Diana repeated.

"Disappeared? When did that happen?" Makoto asked furiously "Why weren't we notified."

"They just found out." Rei said.

"What about Setsuna did you ask to talk to her?" Luna asked.

"Yea..." Rei said. "They said Setsuna wasn't there..."

"But she said she was going to stay." Usagi wailed. Diana hopped into Usagi's lap and licked her trying to calm her down.

"I know." Rei said. She walked over to the fireplace. "I'm going to ask the fire to show us what happened."

The other scouts and the cats nodded.

Rei concentrated intensely and asked the fire to show them what happened. A blazing image slowly appeared. Two woman and a man in a tuxedo were shown in an alley carrying the limp bodies of three girls in sailor outfits.

"Wicked Lady" Ami whispered.

"Mistress Nine" Makoto added surprised.

"Tuxedo Mask" Mina said.

"They've got Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto!" Diana cried out.

"What!" Artemis said. He looked closely at the fire and nodded "That's them alright."

"Tuxedo.... Mask?" Usagi whispered.

"I'm sorry..." Rei looked sadly at her and said. "It must be the evil one.... Evil Prince Endymion..."

"But...how do you know?" Usagi asked hopeful that she would not have a good answer.

"Usagi...come on. Wicked Lady? Mistress Nine? Why would Tuxedo Mask be hanging out with them..."? Mina said.

"Maybe they are..good" Usagi suggested.

"No Usagi.." Luna said.

"Then why did they capture the outers?" Ami asked.

"The outers..." Makoto repeated. "Michiru, Setsuna...Haruka."

"We have to save them." Rei stated.

"If they are still alive." Ami added.

"Still alive? You don't think they're dead, do you?" Usagi asked.

"They sure don't look that good" Makoto said looking at the fire.

The image slowly vanished and Rei stood up.

"Mars Crystal Power!" Ribbons and a flash of power surrounded Rei as she transformed into Super Sailor Mars. The other scouts followed.

"Moon Eternal!"

"Mercury Crystal Power!"

"Jupiter Crystal Power!"

"Venus Crystal Power!"

When they were done transforming the quickly ran out of the temple and hopped into Rei's brand-new red Jeep. Ami began fiddling with her computer tracing the exact location of Wicked Lady, Mistress Nine, and Tuxedo Mask. Rei started the engine and went rearing out of the Temple.

"Go North!" She yelled above the roar of the wind.

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"Stop right there!" a voice screamed out in the middle of the night.

Wicked Lady and Mistress Nine turned around. At first the lot in the middle of the dark city seemed empty. But then as they looked harder they glimpsed five figures clad in colorful Sailor Suits.

"Oh bother!" Wicked Lady said. "Not more of those Sailor Suckers!"

"Be quiet!" Mistress Nine yelled at her. "Maybe Sailor Moon is with them!"

She walked over to the limp bodies of the outer scouts and blasted them. Her purple fire surrounded them as they disappeared.

"Hey! What did you do with them?" Wicked Lady asked.

"I sent them somewhere where they will never be found." Mistress Nine smiled.

Wicked Lady giggled when suddenly a huge splash of water hit her.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!" Super Sailor Mercury yelled and sent a blast of ice hurtling to Wicked Lady.

A black rose stopped the attack as Tuxedo Mask appeared in front of Wicked Lady. Wicked Lady giggled and hugged him. "You're my Tuxedo Mask now, aren't you?" she asked.

"Wicked Lady, stop playing around!" Mistress Nine ordered as the inner senshi began to introduce themselves.

"A fighter for love and justice, I am Eternal Sailor Moon!" Eternal Moon yelled out at them.

"And we are the Super Sailor Scouts!" yelled Mars.

"Super Sailor Mercury!"

"Sailor Mars!"

"Jupiter!"

"And I, from the planet of the goddess of love and beauty, I am Super Sailor Venus!"

"We will punish you, on behalf of the Moon!"

"ENOUGH of this chit-chat!" Wicked Lady yelled." DIE!" she screamed as she blasted the Super Sailor Scouts with a pink force.

"Jupiter Oak Revolution!"

"Venus Love and Beauty Shock!"

Venus and Jupiter counter attacked pushing the pink force of power away from them until it was destroyed.

"Chibi-Usa! Why have you let yourself turn into Wicked Lady again! You know how much we love you!" Eternal Sailor Moon yelled at Chibi-Usa. Surprisingly she was handling herself well, so far, in front of Tuxedo Mask. She had stopped crying completely since she had transformed.

"I don't care if you love me!" Wicked Lady laughed and then she yelled with fury, "I STILL HATE YOU!" Another blast of pink power escaped from her. This time it hit the scouts and forced them to their knees.

"But why?" Eternal Sailor Moon asked struggling.

"You killed the Wiseman! You stole my Tuxedo Kamen away from me and hogged him to yourself! Well now he's mine!" Wicked Lady blasted Eternal Sailor Moon again and then she flew up to Tuxedo Mask and kissed his cheek.

Eternal Sailor Moon saw Chibi-Usa kissing Mamoru and she lost control. She stood up and ran to Tuxedo Mask. "NO! Mamo-chan!" she yelled.

"No! Sailor Moon!" Mercury gasped.

Wicked Lady giggled looking down at Eternal Moon, ready to attack. She floated down and stood on the ground ready to fight.

When Eternal Moon reached Tuxedo Mask and Wicked Lady instead of jumping into their arms she suddenly yelled "Starlight Honeymoon Therapy Kiss!"

Wicked Lady who was totally unready for an attack was blasted. She fell to the ground. Tuxedo Mask was unhurt floating above her in the sky.

"You lousy trickster!" Wicked Lady yelled fully angered and stood up.

"Wow." Super Sailor Jupiter said. "Sailor Moon has gotten tougher."

Mars nodded. "But it seems she hasn't gotten any stronger." Wicked Lady was basically unhurt from Sailor Moon's blast.

"Chibi-Usa! Where did you take Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto?" Eternal Moon demanded.

Wicked Lady glared at Eternal Sailor Moon and said, "We killed them! Me, my Tuxedo Mask, and Mistress Nine killed them!" She began giggling crazily.

"Small Lady!" Diana suddenly came running from nowhere with the Luna-P Ball following. "You didn't really kill Luna-P did you?"

Wicked Lady giggled and picked up her guardian kitten as Diana ran to her. Then she patted the floating Luna P ball that had floated to her instantly. Luna-P's crescent moon turned black and upside down with one touch from Wicked Lady.

"Diana get away from her!" Venus yelled.

"Oh Diana. You are still my friend aren't you?" Wicked Lady giggled. She gave her kitten another hug. A surge of power went from her into Diana. The grey little kitten's head began to glow. Her yellow crescent moon turned black, as it appeared again upside-down just like Luna-P.

"I'm always your friend...Sma-Wicked Lady." Diana said in a hypnotized voice.

"No!" Eternal Moon yelled. "What have you done to Luna and Artemis's sweet child?"

"Haha! She's on my side now!" Wicked Lady giggled. She through her arm in the air and yelled "Luna-P magic!"

The Luna-P ball bounced up and down and then an umbrella appeared in a flash of smoke.

"Ha! Remember this attack?!" Wicked Lady yelled at Sailor Moon. She held the umbrella and began blasting Eternal Sailor Moon.

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Eternal Sailor Moon felt incredible pain as her daughter blasted her. Suddenly a red rose flew between them. Sailor Moon was filled with hope. "Tuxedo Mask! You just saved me!" She cried looking over at him.

Tuxedo Mask who had been floating in the air above Wicked Lady and Eternal Sailor Moon came down to the ground. He stared at Sailor Moon.

"What did you do that for?" Wicked Lady asked him.

"I wanted to finish her." Tuxedo Mask answered coldly.

The rose suddenly turned black.

The Inner Super Sailor Scouts who had been sprawled across the floor weakened by Wicked Lady's attack all began to stand up.

"Mars Flame Sniper!" Super Sailor Mars yelled.

Tuxedo Mask ducked the attack.

"Mercury Aqua Rhapsody!"

Wicked Lady got in front of Tuxedo Mask and reflected the attack with her umbrella. Tuxedo Mask pushed Wicked Lady away from him and held one hand out.

"La Smoking Bomber!" he shouted.

Super Sailor Mars and Mercury fell to the floor again screaming in pain from The Senshi of the Earth's power. They struggled trying to get up but they were just too weak...

Super Sailor Jupiter ran to them to help but before she could get to them another blast from Wicked Lady finished them off.

Eternal Sailor Moon screamed.

"Protect...the Princess." Super Sailor Mars mumbled. "Be strong, Usagi." she managed to say before she finally passed out and began fading away.

"I know you can defeat them...Usagi." Mercury whispered.

"Mars! Mercury! NO!" Eternal Sailor Moon yelled as their bodies faded completely away and disappeared.

The Sailor Senshi from the Planets of Mercury and Mars were dead.

She looked at the two people who were supposed to be her future family. "Chibi-Usa...Mamoru..How could you do this?" She cried.

"It's easy!" Mistress Nine said. "They did it just like this!" Mistress Nine yelled and blasting the two remaining Inner Super Sailor Scouts.

Jupiter and Venus fell to the ground.

"No..." Venus said through clenched teeth. "You can't get rid of us. We have to protect the Princess."

Jupiter stood up and screamed "Jupiter Thunderclap Zap!" Super Sailor Jupiter crossed her arms and did her old move that she hadn't used for years when she was still just plain Sailor Jupiter. Mistress Nine dashed out of the way of the attack. The thunder went clattering past Wicked Lady as she screamed. "Ackk! Tuxedo Mask stop them! I hate thunder!" She cried.

"Super Sailor Jupiter" Venus yelled, "Use your thunder against Wicked Lady!" Jupiter nodded. "Jupiter Thunder Dragon!" Sailor Jupiter shouted.

"Stop!" Eternal Sailor Moon cried out in pain as Wicked Lady screamed from being hit by Jupiter's Attack. "You'll hurt her!"

"I'm sorry but we have to weaken her..." Super Sailor Jupiter said.

"She's weak enough! Let me try to heal her!" Eternal Sailor Moon begged. Jupiter looked at Venus.

"Okay. Go ahead Princess." Venus said softly.

Eternal Sailor Moon nodded. She took out the crystal from her locket and chanted "Moon Crystal Healing Power!"

Wicked Lady who was still shocked from Jupiter's attack screamed and started using her power like crazy blasting every thing she saw.

"I don't understand this!" Venus said. "How did she come back? The dark crystal from Nemesis was destroyed! So was the Wise Man! She shouldn't have any dark power!"

Mistress Nine blasted energy out at Eternal Sailor Moon trying to stop her from healing Wicked Lady.

"Prince Endymion! Do something! Are you going to let Sailor Moon kill Wicked Lady?" Mistress Nine yelled at him.

"No!" Tuxedo Mask suddenly transformed from his Tuxedo into his Prince Endymion outfit. He took out his sword and charged at Eternal Sailor Moon.

Eternal Sailor Moon had to stop the healing in order to protect herself from Prince Endymion.

"Mamoru! Please stop!" She said to him shielding herself as he started attacking her.

"Eternal Sailor Moon! You have to fight back!" Jupiter yelled.

Suddenly Jupiter felt an incredible pain.

Wicked Lady blasted even more power at Jupiter.

"Chibi-Usa! Stop!" Venus cried out in anguish.

Jupiter couldn't move. She felt so weak that she couldn't even say a few last words. She just faded away.

Three down. Two to go.

"JUPITER!" Venus screamed in terror.

For a few seconds Wicked Lady stood frozen. She just continued to stand there leaned down with a frown staring at where Jupiter had been. She stayed there for a few moments. Finally, she stood up and cried out "I'm sorry, Makoto! Puu! Rei! Ami!" Wicked Lady began sobbing. She fell to her knees. Her long pink hair started growing shorter. Her body began to shrink. Finally all that was left of Wicked Lady was a small crying Chibi- Usa.

"Chibi-Usa!" Venus cried out happily.

Mistress Nine screamed in anger. That annoying Wicked Lady, so weak! She hadn't even lasted a whole day! "Wicked Lady!" she yelled. "Quit being such a baby! You have a mission remember? Think about the Wise Man!" Mistress Nine then charged some of her own black energy into Chibi-Usa as she blasted her with some violet Mistress Nine power.

Chibi-Usa screamed in pain. Eternal Sailor Moon cried out for her daughter.

"The Wise Man" Chibi-Usa whispered as the shock from the blast wore out. Her eyes were glowing again. She turned into Wicked Lady once more in flashes of pink light and black ribbons.

"Yes! For the Wise Man! I will kill Sailor Moon!"

"Die, Sailor Moon!" Wicked Lady screamed in a monstrous voice.

"No!" Venus yelled but she couldn't move.

Suddenly another rose came flying. With one sharp thrash it struck Wicked Lady in the heart. Wicked Lady faltered floating in the air. She fell to the ground hard stunned.

"No!" Eternal Sailor Moon cried. "CHIBI-USA! NO!"

Eternal Sailor Moon was surrounded by ribbons as she was detransformed back into Usagi. Usagi ran to Wicked Lady who was glowing pink as she slowly turned back into Chibi-Usa with a black rose still in her chest.

"Mother..." Chibi-Usa whispered in pain.

Holding Chibi-Usa in her arms Usagi lifted her tearful face to Prince Endymion. "Our daughter, Mamoru...why?"