Author's Note
The normal disclaimers here of course and that I'm certainly not doing this for money.
There are a few elements that are exclusive to the manga, as you will read, but those only involve character differences than from the anime, such as the Shitennous' relationship. Also, Mamoru has the Golden Crystal.
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All names are like the Japanese say them, last name first. So Kunzite's name would be Kail Rainer in America, but in Japanese it would be said Rainer Kail.
Army of Immortals
Chapter 25: Millennium Vengeance
She watched from the steps she was sitting on. He was gorgeous, funny, smart, loyal…so why didn't he have someone? Tomi scratched her head in confusion. But the thought of him with someone else sent up pangs of jealously. Come on, what's wrong with me? It's not like I know him! Okay, so Kail said that Usagi and Mamoru loved each other at first sight, but their…exceptions. You just don't fall in love with someone when look at them. Even if they are wonderful, witty, handsome—arg! Stop thinking this, Tomi!
"What are you doing just sitting here? Is there something wrong?"
The subject of her thoughts appeared as if magic in front of her. Despite her valiant effort to stop it, a blush crept up her cheeks. "No, there's nothing wrong. I was just thinking."
He smiled and she fought the urge to melt. "There isn't much to do here but think half the time. It's nice to see someone else every once in a while."
"Are you really one of Terra's children?"
Chavez sat down next to her and her heart beat harder.
"Well, come to think of it, I don't think so. Terra says in a round-a-bout way, but that means no. When she says round-a-bout way that means yes I am one of her children, but only in her mind and emotion. If I am her child, one of the descendents of Terran, her son, then I'm so far removed from the bloodline that I will barely have a drop of the blood of her son's, unlike Endymion and his friends."
"I don't understand about the whole bloodline thing when it applies to Kail," she admitted.
He smiled again. "You see, the stone that Terra gave to her children chose to respond to Endymion, since he is probably the direct descendent from Terran himself and all those of Terran's children that have had the use of the stone. Kunzite, Nephrite, Zoisite, and Jadeite are probably descendent from one of the brothers or a sister of Terran's other children, none of which had been chosen by the stone to use it. But you see, the bloodline has populated most of the human race. There are plenty of people like me out there that have only the barest smidgen of Terran's blood; just enough to show that we are related to him, but not enough to do anything else with it."
"What does that mean for me? I'm Kail's…Kunzite's sister."
His smile disappeared and he touched her wrist, her heartbeat beating so hard she thought it would crack a rib bone.
"It means nothing for you, Tomi. You do not have any of Terran's blood in you, not like Kunzite. Neither do your parents."
Her fist clenched as she thought of all things that were now dividing her from her brother. First it was the 'I'm an Earthen Knight' thing, then it was dying to protect Mamoru, and now it was 'I have Terran's blood'. Things were better when they were just simpler.
"I'm sorry."
She ignored his apology. "Why do you keep calling Kail Kunzite? It's not his name anymore."
The smallest of smiles appeared on his face, but it was more as if the edges of his mouth curled upward. As if he couldn't help it, even though his face was deadly serious. "You may know them by their new names, but here, where time never changes, we still call them Endymion, Kunzite, you get the picture. We just will always know them by that name because even when the Silver Millennium fell, nothing happened here."
"Wait a second. You said you were here for eight hundred years, but the Silver Millennium was destroyed at least a thousand ago!" she protested.
"That's true. When I came here, Terra always called them by Endymion and their Silver Millennium names. I came to pick up that habit. Of a certainty, we had to know their new names when they were born, but it is like us for you. You cannot call Kail Kunzite without having to think about it; the opposite is true for us."
"Would you ever consider leaving here?" she asked after the silence had descended on them.
He watched Luna, Artemis, and Shingo near the roses. "I don't know. I've been here so long…I really do love it down here, but there's something missing. Sometimes when the silence gets too much I just want to hear someone's voice in my ears, rather than in my head. But then again, I've lived here for eight hundred years. I've put down my roots here, if you want to put it like that."
Tomi touched his hand that still held her wrist and he looked at her in surprise, as if he had forgotten he was holding her hand.
I love the time and in between
The calm inside me
In the space where I can breathe
I believe there is a
Distance I have wandered
To touch upon the years of
Reaching out and reaching in
Holding out holding in
"Please come with, Chavez, when I leave," she whispered. "Please."
Chavez stared into her eyes and that wonderful slow smile of his lifted his mouth. His other hand came up and gently touched her cheek.
They slammed the door open, startling the youma and Beryl both. "You won't get away with this again!" Sailor Moon told her, with more bravery than she felt.
I believe
This is heaven to no one else but me
And I'll defend it as long as I can be
Left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand?
"You plan to stop me, Serenity?" The queen stood. "You don't have your precious jewel."
With a thought, Tuxedo Kamen's outfit morphed and he was clad in dark armor. Next to him, Sailor Moon reached inside herself for the power of the Ginzuishou. She sincerely hoped that her beloved's idea worked.
I know this love is passing time
Passing through like liquid
I am drunk in my desire...
But I love the way you smile at me
I love the way your hands reach out and hold me near...
I believe...
The crystals began to glow and Shingo yelped a bit as they lifted into the air around his neck. His shout brought Tomi and Chavez out of their own world. They jumped to their feet and surrounded the young boy.
So it has begun, whispered Terra, her form nowhere to be seen.
I believe
This is heaven to no one else but me
And I'll defend it as long as
I can be left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand?
Her fuku faded away and white material floated around her. Princess Serenity opened her eyes and the outline of the Ginzuishou was in her cupped hands. She could feel the power of the stone, but it was as if it was coming from very far away. It came in to her in a fast trickle, but she wasn't sure if she could accumulate the amount of power she…they would need to defeat Beryl.
Endymion's golden light washed the throne room and the youma rushing to them faded away without fanfare. Beryl gave an unladylike screech of surprise.
Oh the quiet child waits the day when she can break free
The mold that clings like desperation
Mother can't you see I've got
To live my life the way I feel is right for me
Might not be right for you but its right for me...
I believe...
The light from the two stones was overpowering their sight, but it was obvious that it was not enough for the two people using them from afar, considering it kept getting brighter and brighter.
"Look, this is not going to work!" she told them at last. "They're not getting the power in the quantity they need!"
"There's nothing we can do," Artemis replied with anger.
"Chavez, did you say that there was a teleport thing back at the temple?"
He responded without thinking about it. "Yes. I used it to go to the surface when needed. Why?"
I believe
This is heaven to no one else but me
And I'll defend it as long as
I can be left here to linger in silence
If I choose to
Would you try to understand it?
"You can't defeat me," laughed her adversary as she bounced another of their combined attacks back at them.
It knocked them both to the ground, Endymion's armor shielding any debris coming down from the ceiling as the blast reverberated around the room.
"What are we going to do? We aren't getting the power fast enough," she gasped.
"Do what we can and hope the others arrive." He didn't say if they could.
I would like to linger here in silence
If I choose to
Would you understand it?
Would you try to understand...?
Tomi's hand snaked out and gripped both of them. The chains snapped from around the boy's neck as if they had been waiting for that. Neither glowing abated any and felt as if her skin torn off when she brushed the stones.
She took off down the stone path at full speed, ignoring the cries and the people following her. I'm sorry, Chavez. I'm sorry, but I have to do this. They'll die if they don't get these stones.
It didn't take a moment to locate the teleporter pad in the temple's one room. She had just stepped onto it when Chavez followed by Shingo, Luna, and Artemis burst into room. Her eyes locked with the priest's and she mouthed, I'm sorry. Before they could do anything, her body faded away and she was gone.
I would like to linger here in silence
If I choose to
Would you understand it?
Would you try to understand...?
Serenity couldn't tell which of the three of them was more surprised at Tomi's abrupt appearance. Then Beryl noticed the glowing stones in her hand and lunged for her.
"Here!" the girl screamed and tossed the jewels through the air in their general direction. Beryl's long claws impacted her hard, right in the chest and she crumpled to the ground, wheezing as the blood fell from her fist.
As soon as her hands touched the Ginzuishou, it flared and she felt the rush of power fighting to consume her. It then faded to a bearable level. Her beloved's crystal reacted much the same way.
"Tomi!" cried Endymion in worry. "Tomi, are you—"
"Get rid of her, damn it!" she gasped with angry eyes at him. "Don't talk to me, kill her, damn it!" She collapsed into a coughing fit. It sounded as though one her lungs were punctured.
Serenity stood shakily and Endymion's hand reached out to steady her. She sent her will into the Ginzuishou and it responded immediately with a burst of light that slammed Beryl away from the young woman. The youma that had helped them slid in just behind them and cackled at the queen, who stared at it as she couldn't believe.
"It hasn't been nice knowing you, Beryl," it hissed with a distinctly smug and angry voice.
Endymion's Golden Crystal blazed with light, calling forth the power of the Ginzuishou. They intertwined as the two lovers stared at each other. "I love you," she murmured at him.
"I love you, too, Serenity."
They kissed, that cementing the entangled powers. They shot forth with a beam of white light toward the queen.
"Metallia-sama! Save me!"
A shield appeared, but even as it worked, it suddenly failed.
No! Not those meddlesome spirits! Terra, Selene, you won't defeat me!
But even as the sun demon screamed this, the entire throne room began to fall apart. Beryl watched in horror at what she had always known disintegrate. She ignored the white beam too long and crashed into her and tossed her back onto her nearly destroyed throne violently. Pinned there as she was, it wasn't long before her heart overloaded with the power of the two jewels. Her eyes locked onto her betraying youma in shock as she died and it laughed gleefully.
"Look out, Zoisite!"
Mercury watched in horror as the youma reached down toward her beloved. Then without warning, it gave a screech and faded away. In shock, she watched as the other youma followed its companion. The hallway was suddenly empty as quickly as it had filled.
"Come on, we've got to get to the throne room," the Knight said, getting to his feet.
"Right."
"I can't believe that," Jupiter commented as they ran. "All those youma just disappeared!"
"Serenity and Endymion must have succeeded in destroying Beryl."
"So what's this shaking then?"
"I don't know," answered Jadeite. "I just don't like it." He dodged a chunk of rock as it headed for his skull.
"I don't like it either. It gives me the creeps. I feel as if something that we don't know about happened and I don't like not knowing things," Mars said grimly.
"Come on, let's hurry up."
"There's the door!"
Venus put on a burst of speed. They were so close to the door…
"Damn, it's locked!" Kunzite exclaimed, tugging.
"Look out!"
She pulled him close to her, just barely keeping him from getting brained by a falling piece of ceiling.
He kissed her playfully. "Thanks."
At the same time, they kicked the door open.
The power fizzled out and the shaking grew worse. Slowly the youma that had helped them faded away, still with that satisfied look on its face. The two of them had just reached Tomi's nearly still form when the door burst open and Venus and Kunzite ran in.
The Knight took one look at her and nearly broke down. "What happened? How the hell did she get here?" he demanded, running up to them.
"I don't know, but neither of us, even with the crystals, can heal this injury," responded Endymion. "We need to get her to Terra."
The other Senshi and Knights rushed into the room just as they got into position to teleport. "Glad you all made it," Venus said gruffly.
"Told you our training was enough for those youma," Jadeite boasted yet again.
With Kunzite in the middle, holding Tomi, they disappeared just as a huge slab of stone fell where they were.
In minutes, the Dark Kingdom was nothing more than ruins.
End Chapter 25.
How'd you like it? Epilogue is coming up! And nobody died! I just thought that with their training, they would survive. I thought it was a nice change for a 'fiction that didn't have anybody dying and then resurrecting them at the end. The song is Elsewhere by Sarah McLachlan. It put it in there, since I was listening to the song when I wrote those parts. It's was like an short song just before the final, final end. Standard disclaimers (I don't own the song, Sailor Moon, etc.)