Hope you all are enjoying this latest enstallment of TBT.

I'm thinking of writing a CCS fic sometime. Would anyone recommend

my doing so? I've just watched the end of the English version but

am also on the 11th DVD of the Japanese version; which is a lot

better in plot development and storyline. (And there are A LOT of

episodes on the DVDs that didn't make it to the dub, and other episodes

that had a lot of stuff cut out and/or added/rearranged in their dub

counterparts. The original is really tonnes better. Not to take every-

thing away from the dub though...without it, I would never have heard

of Cardcaptor Sakura and it's now one of my favorite animes! ^-^)

I hope that this chapter isn't too confusing..I tried to explain

things as best I could. ^^;

Turn Back Time

Part: 10

Rating: PG

By Bunny-chan19

The seven warriors turned around to find 6 of themselves facing

near mirror images. Pluto knew why she had no counterpart, yet the two

royals also had none. This could be a problem, she mused to herself, as

she quickly scanned the horizon for the missing couple.

As she was destracted, the other senshi steped forward, a bit

hesidently, toward their 'twin' like counterparts. The owner of the

voice that Darien had heard now spoke again,

"Answer me! You come as if cloned from our very beings. Who are

you?" The warrior's golden hair blew in the wind, and her fierce blue

eyes glinted with a fighting light.

Pluto answered her, much to Darien's relief.

"Venus, these are the sailor senshi from the future. They are

actually yourselves 1000 years from now."

Mars cast a scornful look at 'Future Mars' and muttered, "Looks

like it all went down hill.", which earned her an equally scornful look

from Rei.

Pluto stepped in again, clanking her staff against the ground

to get their attention, "Senshi! You must have figured out that we have

a big problem here--"

Mercury glanced at her future self, tapped her earing --allowing

her visor and mike to materialize over her face--, and then spoke,

"Yes, our two selves cannot remain together, and seperate, for

any length of time. If they do, then they will cancel each other out."

Pluto nodded, and turned toward the twentyth century senshi,

"To clarify, senshi, you must merge with your past self for

your time here, or risk causing your future self to cease to exist."

She waited a few moments then gestured to the group, "Senshi,

extend your hands forward, and place your palms against those of your

past self."

The girls did so, each raising their arms to about chest height

with their elbows pulled in toward themselves, and faced their palms

outward. Then Pluto chanted some words in a tounge that only Mercury had

even a slight chance of understanding, and the senshi from the modern day

began to shimmer their respective colors, each glowing brighter and brighter

until the color that each girl glowed was almost to intense to look at.

Then they vanished.

Serenity and Darien stared at the remaining 4 young women for a

few moments before Darien finally ventured to ask a question.

"Uh, Rei?"

The 4 girls were all looking at themselves, a slightly dazed

expresion on their faces.

The senshi in the red outfit lifted her head to look at him.



"Darien?" Her voice sounded shakey, and a little scared.

At once the Princess and Darien knew that the girls from Tokyo

had had their personalities transfered into the bodies of their past

warrior selves. Now Mina, Rei, Ami, and Lita would be acting and

controlling the bodies of their past selves. It may seem strange to them

at first, because their bodies were slightly older and more mature, but

they were the only ones who had access to the brains of the girl's body

that she was in. In other words, there weren't 2 voices in each girl's

head, only the modern girl, from Tokyo, was capable of thinking and doing

things. The personality of the girl from the past was in a sort of sleep

mode, her personality mixed with her counterpart. At least, that's what

Pluto said, with Ami, now as the past Sailor Mercury, nodding in affirmation,

without even realizing it.

Rei looked down at her 'new' body. She felt somehow more mature

and confident. She felt a little taller, and noticed that she had a tiny

red jewel sitting at the bottom of the v of her bodysuit.

The other girls looked at themselves as well and found that they

also had small ajustments to their uniforms. Lita found that her tiara

now beheld a small, golden, antena; Mina found a topaz and gold chain

hanging around her slim waist; and Ami was analyzing her new visor. They

glanced questionly at Pluto.

"Now you girls may stay here for as long as you need, without

causing any permanet damage here or back home. In the future, it is as

if you are simply not there now. No one will notice your absences and

no one will miss you for as long as you're here. Then, as soon as you

return, it will be as if you never left. However, if anything goes

wrong here, it will be to all those that knew you in the future, as if

you simply didn't exist. "

After Pluto's lengthy explination, and ajusting to their new

bodies, the senshi were rather exausted, but Pluto still had things to

tell them.

"Now, our only problem is to locate the future Serena and the

past Earth Prince."

Serenity and Darien glanced at each other. Darien wondered how

Serena was doing in this Time. No doubt she would have gotten herself

into some kind of trouble with her dizzy airheadedness. He snorted at

what sort of problems she would have created for herself here with all

the soliders and-- He paused, a new thought coming to his mind...she was

probably scared senseless. Now that he thought about it, this idea was

not as pleasent as it might have seemed when they were both back in

modern-day Tokyo, where Darien could have simply laughed off Serena's

tears.

He glanced around and noted the extraviget looking palace that

sat off to the rear of the senshi. The long pond in front of it had

tall pillers spilling water down into it, and the water gimmered in the

setting sun.



Wow...was it evening already?

Serenity wondered if Endymoin was near by. Darien's powers were

throwing her's off and she had to concentrait harder. She thought she

felt him somewhere off in the distance. She sighed, relieved to be home

once again.

* * * *

Serena walked along the marble halls of the palace, Endymoin

striding along beside her; his head held high. Shortly after Luna had

run off to get Pluto, Endymoin had teleported to the Moon Palace. He had

spoken with his parents, and convinced them that he needed to travel to

the moon for some special decorations for the coming wedding. He knew

that Serenity's favorite flower, besides roses, was the Moon Jewel; a

white lily-type of flower, that had little crystals, that looked like

dew drops, all over the inside of the petals. He had said that he wanted

to gather some to decorate the Hall. Well, he -was- going to do that, only

he wanted to see Serenity first, and hopefully convince her to have him

back once again.

She sighed softly, then took a deep breath.

"Endymoin?"

He glanced down at her, hope evident behind the pain in his eyes,

"Yes my love?"

Serena looked down at her slippers as she tried to decide how to

word what she wanted to say.

"Endymoin, why do you love me? I mean, even if the girls say I'm

the Princess of the Moon, and therefore your fiance`, why do you love me?

I continually deney that I'm betrothed to you, and I've done some rude

things to you in our time together, why-- why do you continue to tell me

that you love me?"

Endymoin stopped short, then turned toward her. Taking her tiny,

delicate hands in his, he stared deep into her eyes.

"Serenity, my dove, how can you not know the answer to this? I

love you for being yourself. I love your innocence; your delight in new

things; your smile; your charms; the fact that you don't seem to realize

how much your kindness means to others. I love you because you're so

beautiful; inside and out..." He trailed off.

Serena looked up at him, as his tall frame towered over her,

tears glistening in her azure eyes, and she hated that she was always

crying lately,

"Oh Endymoin. I wish that it was me. You have no idea how much I

wish that it was -me- that you were talking about!" Her words trembled

slightly as she forced them out past the lump in her throat. She pulled

her hands from his and clutched them against her chest.

"Serenity, it -is- you. It will -always- be you. I will be

honest and tell you that I don't completely understand why you continue

to deney that you're my love, but it will never change my feelings for

you." He looked at her imploringly, his large, warm hands resting on her

shoulders.

It was at that moment that they heard a loud crash outside. The

sound was something unlike either of them had ever heard before; nails

on a chalk board mixed with twisting metel, mixed with breaking glass

and more!

Serena spun around with a gasp. She had nearly said that she

would stay with him; that she would never go home. She had her senshi

here, and no Darien; although that last thought somehow made her a

little sad and caused her heart to clench painfully in protest.

Endymoin pushed past her to look out one of the tall, thin,

glass windows that lined the long hall on either side; in at least 50

in number. The sun had nearly set, casting dark shadows on the white,

and pale blue, marble walls and floor, but the sky was all but beautiful.

* * * *

Serenity suddenly turned pale, her face full of fear and her

body feeling frozen to the ground. Darien glanced at her when she made

a strangled sound in her throat and pointed to the sky behind him.

Darien heard the inhuman screeches from beasts and monsters in

alien-like machines, as they zoomed through the air and began to land in

and around the fields near the beautiful palace. He cleanched his teeth

clamped his hands over his ears; one eye squezed shut. The sounds were

aweful, howls and screams and shouts from man and creature alike as both

desended onto the moon's surface. Without thinking he reached out and

drew Serenity against his chest and wrapped his arms around her. She

barried her face in his shirt and pressed her fists against her ears.

"Don't worry, I'll protect you..." He found himself saying into

her ear, and felt her body relax a fraction as his arms tightened about

her small shaking frame.

What the bloody hell were those things? He had never seen such

creatures in his entire life, including his fights with the sailor senshi

back in Tokyo. The senshi! He forced his eyes open again and looked around

for the other girls. Pluto was gone but the others were struggling to stay

standing. Mars and Venus were down on one knee, their arms held up to brace

against the strong winds that had come up with the arrival of the creatures,

Jupiter and Mercury where in similar stances, but standing, barely, and

bracing their left feet against the rocky ground, legs taunt. Uranus and

Neptune had run off as well; he couldn't see them anywhere.

Serenity felt weak. She had seen the others' transformations and

knew that she, too, had to under-go a similar fate otherwise their would

be total chaos. She lifted her head and found Darien looking down at her.

He knew instantly what needed to be done and nodded at her. She smiled

faintly and the slumped down in his arms. Darien staggered forward a step,

the sudden add-on of her full weight catching him by surprise. He swore

internally. He would have to find Serena and his own counterpart, and

make their own body/mind/soul exchanges soon, they didn't have much time.

He scooped Serenity into his arms, turned toward the palace; the place

where his instincts told him to go, and began to run. He hoped he'd make

it...he was starting to feel dizzy himself.

* * * *

Serena ran to the window and looked out too. In the distance she

could see her senshi standing and talking with some other people, but they

were too far away for her to make out any details. In the sky there was a

sudden blast of wind and then thousands of small, gray, space-pod-like

machines launched into the air above them. The mass appeared to be coming

from a northern dirention...Earth. Her heart cleanched. What was going on?

Was she going to die here? Alone? Without ever seeing her friends and family

again????

"Endymoin! What's happening? What are those things in the sky?"

Serena cried, turned to the tall man beside her. He glanced at her, then

turned his gaze back to the sky.

"Metallica." He growled under his breath, "It's so soon! The moon

isn't ready!"

"Who? Ready for what?!" Serena cried, unnerved by his words. He

was starting to scare her.

Suddenly Enymoin turned back to her, his blue eyes so dark they

were nearly black. His expresion was tight, and no emotions were revealed

except for two. Anger. Deep intense anger. Serena took a step back at the

rage that he was immiting without realizing it, but stopped dead at the

next thing that she saw. Fear. He has scared. And that made her scared.

"We have to get out of here! Now!" With that he grabbed her arm and

pulled her down the hall. Serena could barely keep up with him as he yanked

her foward, and her slippers on the smooth marble floor weren't helping any

either. As they skidded around a corner she slipped and landed hard on her

hands and knees.

"Hey! Slow down! Where are we going--whoa-- ooof! Ouch!" Serena cried

out as she made contact with the hard floor, her demanding questions cut off

abruptly. Endymoin didn't miss a beat and scooped her up into his arms as he

kept on moving. As they ran, he finally spoke, his voice clipped and tense.

"We have to hide, Princess! Those men outside, if you can call

them such after they turned to -her-, are out to kill. You and your mother

specificlly. They're under the command of a creature, no, more of a force,

named Metallica. That is, in essence, pure evil."

He ran around another corner and entered a big room. In the

corner was a white grand piano and a huge chandeler, dripping with

shinning crystals, hung from the center of the vaulted gold and white

ceiling. The floor was smooth and the wall across from the door had

tall window in it; red velvet draps hanging in front of them.

The wind blow harder and the curtains rippled. Endymoin hurried

across the ballroom and out onto the balcany where he paused to catch his

breath, and began to speak again.

"The human woman who thinks she has control of it, is Queen Beryl.

In reality, it's the other way around. Beryl is the leader of the Earth

army that hates the moon and all things on it. They worship the darkness

and want to destroy the light. That's you, and the place that you call

home." Here Serena broke in.

"Me? My home? Why would they want to do that?" she asked, as

Endymoin set her back on her feet. She was really confused and his

explination wasn't helping any.

As she was speaking two figures drew closer to the palace. Two

figures that were starting to look awefully familure. Serena stepped out

of the shadows and up the railing of the balcany for a better look.

* * * *

Ok, I think I'm going to leave it there. I've made you oh so patient readers

wait soooooooo long for the latest installment that I want to get it up as

soon as possible! ^^; I promise to work hard on the next chapter and get it up

in less than a month, ok? I have several other stories in the works too, so

please R&R them too! Oh, does anyone want to buy CCS DVDs or VIDEOS? E-mail

me and request! The prices listed aren't set in stone, so if you have an offer,

I will consider it. Thanks! angels_melody19@hotmail.com