Dear fellow readers, the enemy's are all going to have gem stone names, and one will even turn into one of the "Senshi Of The Heavens" otherwise known as one of Princess Uranus's protectors. To see Alexandrine's gem, you can just simply look it up somewhere, as Diaspore's gem, which you will find out who he is in this chapter of. The Crimson Tears! Until we meet in chapter 4, see ya! ^_~

Crimson Tears

Chapter 3: Hotaru's Final Silence! The Deadly Third Tear Falls

"Haruka, I love you, I want you to have something. Michiru glowed, and appeared in ribbons, as Setsuna had once before. This time, she was holding something different. "Haruka, keep this.Keep my ring, and protect the jewel inside as I have." Tears seemed to appear in Michiru's eyes, glimmering like the ocean that was in them, her hair as Aqua as it could ever seem in a lifetime. "You'll always be my jewel Haruka.Now, promise me." Michiru's voice started to fade, as her blood poured. "Promise me.you'll always love me.and you'll cook for Hotaru once in a while, and you'll think of me." Haruka mumbled a yes of sorrow.

The flashback of Michiru's death flooded through Haruka's brain, as she was still mourning it in pain. "WHY? GOD WHY? TAKE ME! TAKE ME INSTEAD!!! Haruka bashed her head against the fallen wall, and got even so drastic as to take a piece of glass that had came from the broken window, and stabbed her arm, making the blood run slowly down her arm. "You could've been ok Michiru. I could have saved you." A single tear flapped down Haruka's cheek as she went to cradle Michiru's body.

Sailor Saturn had managed to come back from the attack that Alexandrite had put on her, and walked down to Haruka. Sailor Saturn sat down next to Haruka, and closed her eyes, intently. "She. Is passing to the heavens. I can feel her spirit now." A small tear bid down Sailor Saturn's cheek. "Hotaru." Haruka cradled herself into Hotaru's arms. Somehow. Even though Hotaru was still a child, she seemed to be very mature, and even through the deaths that were happening, it seemed as if Hotaru had almost become like Saturn. Haruka didn't leave her room after putting Michiru's body on the couch, even with the window still not repaired. Hotaru cleaned up after all of the blood and Haruka had helped with the glass. But Haruka hadn't left the room for 3 days now, except when to comfort Michiru's corpse. When she ever caught Hotaru sneaking out of the house with a friend, Haruka thanked her friend, and told them that Hotaru had to stay in the house for the day. Hotaru was getting worried.

"Haruka. Are you all right? You haven't eaten my concoctions or any pizza." Haruka burst into tears, remembering how Michiru had ordered pizza after the concoctions had ruined their appetite. "Haruka! This isn't healthy!" Hotaru tugged at Haruka's shirt, surprised that Haruka hadn't pushed her off like usual. Hotaru's weak hand grabbed Haruka's chin, and she raised it. "Haruka, Setsuna & Michiru would want you to be happy. That's all that matters to them, and they love you, so the least you can do for them now that their gone is stay healthy and happy."

Haruka lifted her head from the bed she had been laying on, and got up. "Hotaru. I will help make you happy. For, at this state, I don't think I can ever be happy again." Hotaru seemed a little at shock, but knew she had to say something in Michiru's and Setsuna's name. "I can only be happy Haruka, if it is you who is happy as well." Hotaru left the room silently, leaving Haruka to ponder around with what she had said.

"So. I guess I should be happy they died? No, that can't be right. Oh well, I suppose I'll just be normal, *like I can go back to that* and pretend everything's fine." So, with that, Haruka walked down stairs, asking Hotaru if she wanted to go out to Pizza Hut. Hotaru gave a quick nod, and screamed, "We're going to Pizza Hut! We're going to Pizza Hut!" She started dancing around the house, Haruka chasing her around to get her to get her coat on.

~~Meanwhile. Where the enemy that had sent Alexandrite was, *where she is returning, failed at her mission~~~~~~~~~~

"Master." Alexandrine's small tiny voice squeaked, as she crawled on her bloody knees, her hands smoldered in blood, such as every other body part was. "Master Diaspore. I'm so sorry but. That girl of Uranus. Her friends seem to protect her.haa.What a waste of their lives." Alexandrine's eyes peeled a zest orange, like the stone of Alexandrine. "Like you waste yours, Alexandrine?" A man on the single throne in the darkness said coldly.

"Sir Diaspore! I told you that, they were just. They were too powerful." Alexandrine panted, as more of her blood poured down her arms and legs, as she stood up. The shadowed man's lips moved, "Alexandrine, you were the one who located the planet earth, correct? You led that comity right?" The dark man's eyes flashed amber like color. Alexandrine felt paralyzed all over, even her blood, was paralyzed. Moving her lips as hard as she could she manage to squirm out a "Yes.". "Well then. I won't give up and throw you off the ship.yet." Diaspore said sharply so that she knew she got out of the incident, but if she screwed up another time, she'd be kicked off the ship if lucky. Or she would get killed. She'd seen Diaspore do it to other crew members, even if his family happened to be one of them.

You see, one time, one crewmember, who she had forgotten her name, had failed to follow the leader of her comities orders. Master Diaspore had told all of the comities (except the ones in the engines and the ones driving the ship) to come and see this member get summoned to him, where he would read off the list of bad deeds he had done. "So. Niaspore, my dear sister, how've you been?" He had grinned. Alexandrite remembered like this was yesterday. "F-Fine big bro, how've you been at commanding?" The darkened Diaspore's smile had weakened. "Not well. It seems that you haven't been following orders." "Oh.Well, I thought since you were the captain and all."

Diaspore's eyes were starting to change its usual brown color, and started a little higher, turning copper. "So you thought it was easy? You thought being captain would be a sinch did you Niaspore?" "Well, bro." Niaspore had become uneasy. "You just wanted to get paid did you? You were just living it easy so that the others would have to work harder then you! LIKE ME!" Diaspore's eyes turned a lighter brown then before. "YOU JUST WANTED TO BE MOM AND DAD'S PET! SO WHAT IF THEY'RE GONE! NIASPORE, I WORKED HARD FOR MY DARKNESS, AND WON'T HAVE YOU RULE OVER IT, WHEN YOU HAVE NOTHING!" Diaspore's eyes turned a laser golden Diaspore gemlike color. His eyebrows and teeth were fierce, and angry.

"Diaspore.what's happened to you? You're not the same! Your eyes are getting high, and you seem different!" Niaspore tried to stand up, despite her cowered state. "WHAT'S HAPPENED TO ME?" Diaspore spat, and rose from his throne, and nearly walked into the hot light that Niaspore was under. "YOU HAVE CHANGED! YOU NEVER WERE LIKE THIS BEFORE! GET OUT! GET OUT I SAY!" Diaspore's eyes were bloodshot red, and his face filled up with red. Niaspore had fallen back on the ground, the crewmembers watching in horror. "Diaspore! You've been turn into a dark state! Let me help you-" Niaspore reached up to Diaspore's face, just to hold it, and Diaspore slapped her when she touched it, and kept slapping her till she fell to the ground, crying out Diaspore's name in sorrow.

"You really aren't turning back Niaspore. so I'll save you." Diaspore pulled out a blade that was different gold's. Niaspore's brown curly long hair, fell onto her face, as she smoldered it back onto her shoulders. Her eyes turned a gold, as tears of Crimson seemed to fall down her eyes. "Diaspore. Is this the way? To cease your pain?" Niaspore choked. Diaspore's head turned away as he said, "I'm ceasing yours, head first. You are useless now, you mean nothing to me. Now." Diaspore held the blade to Niaspore's throat. Niaspore grabbed the sword out of Diaspore's hand, choking, "If this is what you want. Then by I'll mean I'll do it. For you to be happy." She stuck the sword through her chest, wobbling it around making sure to reach her heart. She burst into sudden golden flames, and disappeared, her ashes remained. "Through them out into space, as we approach our next planet.Earth."

The horrifying flashback ended, as Alexandrite stood in tears for a moment, remembering that, and what Diaspore had just said to her. "Diaspore. You still love me right?" She whispered in a tiny bit inside herself. "What was that Alexandrite?" Diaspore's eyes pitched cold dark. "I was just thinking. How can I get stronger? I need to beat that Haruka girl and bring her to you, correct?" The eyes of Diaspore froze more, as he shook a simple yes. "Alexandrite, take this rose. I hope it should help." He held out a golden rose, which shimmered like the rays of the sun.

Alexandrite grasped the rose, and a memory started to enter her mind, as she looked with a shock as she held it. "Alex. would you except this rose of gold? I love you only as much as this eternal rose ray's are shining, as your golden eyes have always have for mine. As Alexandrite saw from her eyes, a princess that's head was darkened out, as the prince's had, as she saw the girl smile, "So. That must mean you'll love me forever right? As I you?" The princess asked curiously. "Yes. For you are the only one. to whom I should love." The prince and princess seemed to bond even closer together, into a kiss. "This seems.oddly familiar." but then, Alexandrite felt a sudden jolt in her head again, as everything started to vanish.

"Alexandrite! Are you alright?" Diaspore was off his throne, and holding Alexandrite in his arms. She must have fainted somehow. "Yes. I'm fine." Though for some strange reason wanting to linger closer to Diaspore." Diaspore went back to his throne, apparently, his head in a horrible ach. "Go now Alexandrite! And come back with the Princess!" Alexandrite teleported down to earth again, with her locater in one hand, and her rose in another. She kept thinking about that odd dream, or was it not? Alexandrite, flying down to earth at a faster speed then she thought, quickly shouted out some mystic words, and she was in the uniform that Usagi usually wore to her school. The locater apparently was pointing to the Pizza Hut, not far away. She put her curly blond hair up in a pigtail, her rose up in it as well.

"Haruka can we have everything on the pizza?" Hotaru looked up at Haruka with her big cute eyes. Haruka, knowing that she hadn't had any concoction today, agreed. But 20 minutes later, just as they got their pizza, the door burst open, and a bunch of negative energy and fog flew at the people, as they all fainted, injured. "I recognize that attack.Alexandrite!" Haruka said, as she quickly transformed with Hotaru, since the fog clearly was starting to dissapear, and they appeared in their senshi forms just as the fog was clearing.

"Are you ready to see my master and convert to the darkness?" Alexandrite said, throwing off the uniform she once had on. "I would rather die 1,000 deaths then get even near you right now." Haruka pierced with anger. "After what you've done to Setsuna and Michiru. Haven't you done enough?" Haruka's Space Sword appeared in her hand, as Saturn's glaive in hers.

"I've only just begun. Now hand yourself over to the darkness if you wish to cease any more suffering." Her rose was glowing more then ever on her pigtail. "I won't! Space Sword Blaster!" Haruka flung herself, and her attack at Alexandrite, but Alexandrite went to the side, and helped herself pushing Haruka into the wall. "Want more wall wimp?" Alexandrite gave a laugh. "Or are you still hungry for more?" Saturn Tightened her grip of her glaive, and she jumped in the air, shouting, "Silent Wall!" as the negative energy zapped at Alexandrite, she fell over almost fainting. "I'll make you wish you wouldn't have ever done that! Glacier Freeze Rings!" An old attack from before, Saturn dodged all attacks but one, which hit her right leg, and made it brush blood quickly. Angered, Saturn got ready to aim for another attack more powerful then before. "Silent Glaive Surprise!" A bunch of negative energy swung at Alexandrite, as she flung it off, and swung it back at Saturn, hitting her left arm, as she was dazzled by negative energy.

"So, by using that glaive you think you can beat me?" A black light shined in Alexandrite's hands, and out appeared a sort of long black pole, with curved knives on both ends. "Then, you haven't seen this last trick I forgot to use last time." Alexandrite ginned, and started to run closer to Saturn, and cut Haruka in the arm when she tried to move in front of her. Haruka was just like a stuffed teddy bear around Alexandrite. There was nothing she could do to stop the swing of her knife like staff. "Michiru! Give me power! Please! I need the power of Neptune now! Setsuna! Please Grant Me Some Of Pluto's power!" Haruka yelled, falling to her knee's as Alexandrine took out a slice from them. "Isn't there any way to shut you up?" Alexandrine raised her staff above her head as though to cease Haruka's heart and destroy it. "Silent Glaive!" The silent glaive swung right at Alexandrine, knocking her to the ground.

Zapped all over, Alexandrine struggled, getting up. "You child!" Alexandrine picked up her staff and carried it towards Hotaru. There was a glow of a cloudy gold like beam that hit Alexandrine when a voice said, "Heaven's Hearth Shed!" It had struck Alexandrine, knocking her unconscious. "Haruka? D-Did you just do what I thought you did? Saturn moved closer to Haruka, helping her off the ground. "No. I didn't at all! I was still on the ground." Haruka looked to the back of her, to see someone vanish from her eyes. "Who was that?" Saturn and Uranus turned their backs on Alexandrite, to try to sense where the person who saved them had gone, but sensed nothing.

What they both hadn't realized was that Alexandrite wasn't unconscious anymore. She had jumped up with her staff, and stabbed it right through Sailor Saturn. "Hotaru!!!" Uranus said, as she held her, the blood pouring down like it had nothing better to do. "You aren't that hard to fool, you know." Alexandrite gave a laugh. Uranus hadn't realized that she had Michiru's ring in one of her hands. Uranus felt an Aqua sensation fall over her, her hair feeling slightly cooler. "Titan's Waves!" The words that came out sounded as though they were Michiru's not hers. She glanced to the back, and thought she had seen a vision of Michiru smiling at her. Alexandrite felt blood on her right arm, and a gash of blood on her chest. "YOU! Trying to make a fool out of me! I'll prove you wrong!" Alexandrite pointed her finger to Saturn who was still in Haruka's hands, puffing heavily. "Glacier Pounce!" Immediately, like a wisp of light, Hotaru's arms, and right leg rammed into pain, as Hotaru could only scream. Her silence not heard.

"Hotaru!" Haruka captured her in her arms, trying to hold her, though Saturn waked her away. "Haruka! Stop sobbing and finish her off," Hotaru stammered. Haruka gave a quick nod and began to try to do both attacks at the same time. "Uranus World Shaking!" Uranus planted the energy in the ground, and then got ready to do her other attack. "Space Sword Blaster!" As her heavenly blade tried to strike Alexandrite. Amazingly, Alexandrite disappeared, but was still hit by the World Shaking. She fell to the ground, and got ready to fire her most improved attack yet. "So you like combos huh? Well then here's all the combos you want! Plant Glacier Freeze Pound Rings!"

Uranus tried to smack the attack away with her blade, but her blade was cut in two, and the attack started to boomerang back at her. Saturn used her glaive to push Uranus away, and she was struck hard on the face with the attack. She fell down, unconscious. "Saturn!" Uranus cried, but she couldn't reach out to Saturn. "You will come with me, Princess Uranus." Uranus turned to Alexandrite, whose hands where glowing, looking, as though she would strike again. "If you wish not for your friend to be hurt", Alexandrite puffed, pointing to Saturn.

Uranus had a tough decision. Could she save Saturn by leaving? Would Alexandrite smash Saturn anyway? She had no idea. Then, a great light shined upon Saturn, it was a pretty purple, no, many different purples. Saturn then disappeared, in an instant. Uranus shouted out, but it wouldn't have helped.

"It's cold." Saturn muttered as she opened her eyes. Where she was, she had not the clue. It looked like she was in a temple, and she saw, standing beside her, her past self, Princess Saturn. "Why am I.here?" Saturn said, her eyes cold and sharp. Princess Saturn gave a sigh, and replied, "You are the next scout to return." Sailor Saturn looked oddly at her, "Return to what?" Princess Saturn said, "Princess Uranus, holds the key to return darkness to the heavens, as her planet's meaning states that. You shall use your glaive, which I have now empowered, and use your ultimate attack." Saturn stared wisely at her, "Then I shall. Live to help her?" The princess of Saturn, raised her purple dress, "You shall live. But you shall have your spirit in your glaive, as Michiru in her ring, and Setsuna in her orb."

Saturn thought quickly, her time limited, and asked, "When. shall we be freed from our planet's weapons?" The princess gave Saturn a look that was not a frown nor smile, "When Princess Uranus, achieves her final goal. But all you need to know is 2 things. Michiru, Setsuna, and you will live, but for a while, shall not cease to exist any more. That shall be the time of sorrow for Uranus. YOUR duty right now is to use your ultimate attack, on Alexandrite." Princess Saturn disappeared, and Saturn awoke back in the house. Sailor Uranus was trying her best to convince Alexandrine that she must stay with Saturn.

"Stand back Uranus." Sailor Saturn said, as she walked up to Alexandrite. "What? Why?" Uranus shot at her. "I said stand back! I have received orders. Alexandrite, let's take this up in space, shall we?" Uranus looked at Saturn, her feet were inches off the ground, and she was flying higher by the moment. "Yes, let's," Alexandrite gave a devilish grin.

They both started to fly in the air, over the house. Uranus, panting, went out of the house to see what they were going to do. "Uranus.I'll miss you." Tears started to fall from Saturn's eyes, as she raised her glaive. Uranus fell to her knees. "Saturn NO!!! After all I've done to help raise you!" Uranus gave out a cry. "You're all I have left of our family!" Saturn gave her a smile. "Don't worry Haruka, for you will see me again. "Saturn's Savage Grave!" A huge explosion seemed to happen, and Alexandrine's cries were heard, as she vanished into dust.

"Uranus! Take my glaive." Saturn started to fall towards the ground, and Haruka caught her. Saturn was in a bunch of quartz purple ribbons. "And do not fear. For the end is not so near." Saturn let out a cough, and Haruka looked down at her, seeing there was a deep gash of blood in her heart. Saturn continued, "Do not mourn for me, for I.will always be happy.if you are.thank you." Saturn looked up at Haruka and touched her face. Saturn gave a hearty smile, as for then there was an uncomfortable silence, after her Crimson tear fell. Uranus, still shocked, was holding Saturn, the child she had helped rose with her two friends, now gone.