Atia opened her eyes with a groan. "My head...what happened...? Oh..." Horror raced across her mind, peaking with despair and disbelief. Raw anger forced its way in as well. Rolling over onto her stomach, she buried her face into the pillow and began to sob.

Luna sat silently in the doorframe, unnoticed by the sailor. She was still confused. Why had Sebradon broke Lia's crystal? All the enemies they had ever encountered always kept their word. Would Sebradon really stoop so low?

Why did she hate Atia so much?

The question was unexpected and unwelcomed. She didn't want to think about it. As far back as she could remember, she hated Atia. But wasn't she a sailor senshi too? Wasn't she a powerful guardian of the senshi?

Before she knew what she was doing, Luna walked over to the bed and turned into human form. She reached out uncertainly and put a hand on Atia's back. She didn't know what she was expecting to feel, but as her hand touched smooth fabric, she realized that Atia was like any other person she'd ever touched.

Atia didn't seem to notice her. Her heart-felt sobs made Luna sad. While she had unwittingly destroyed the Silver Millennium, Luna thought with a start, she had just as unwittingly caused Crystal Tokyo to come about. That thought killed any hate she had towards Atia - or Trista, Lia, Ocean, and Sky.

*

"Pluto Planet Power, Make-Up!!"
"Moon Prism Power, Make-Up!!"
"Mars Planet Power, Make-Up!!"
"Mercury Planet Power, Make-Up!!"
"Venus Planet Power, Make-Up!!"
"Jupiter Planet Power, Make-Up!!"
"Uranus Planet Power, Make-Up!"
"Neptune Planet Power, Make-Up!!"
"Moon Cosmic Power, Make-Up!!"
Sebradon laughed. "You're brave, Pluto, to face me alone."

"I'm not alone." Her eyes glared at him. "Now or ever."

"I beg to differ." He smiled in a victory he'd already won. "Lia's gone. Ocean and Sky are forbidden to return. Atia will no longer face me." He laughed. "You can no longer call upon your friends to come and help you." His eyes suddenly narrowed. "And, believe me, Trista, you'll need help."

None of the senshi doubted him for a moment.

*

Atia jerked up, sniffing and quivering. "Trista..." She couldn't feel her friend's pain any more, but she could sense trouble. She looked at Luna, wiping her eyes. "Luna, will you help me?"

"I will to the best of my ability."

"Artemis, will you?"

Sometime during her breakdown, Artemis had joined them as well. He gave a nod. "I will."

Atia smiled shakily. "Thank you both."

*

Sebradon glowered at Pluto. She had cunning, speed, agility, and one more thing he could barely put his finger on - anger. She had eluded him so far, but he had not been able to dodge all of her blasts. And he was getting angry.

He raised his hand, and powers gathered on it. Pluto watched him warily, her darting eyes quick to judge. "No more playing around." The power suddenly disappeared from his hand. It appeared silently behind her and blasted her from behind.

"Uranus World Shaking!!"

"Neptune Deep Submerge!!"

He stuck his hand toward the attacks. They hit his hand and recoiled back towards their owners, who managed to jump out of the way. "I would suggest, girls, not to get involved."

"Leave her alone, Sebradon!" Mini Moon shouted unhappily.

"Aren't you cute?" he asked with a wry smile. "I'll be damned if I knew where you came from, shortie."

"You'll be damned if you touch her!" Pluto regained her senses in time to fire the retort.

"And who's going to do it?" Sebradon asked sweetly, staring at the Guardian as he fired at Mini Moon.

"I don't know, but I'll help." A familiar figure suddenly appeared in front of Mini Moon, catching the fatal powers in her hands and hurtling them back at him. Caught off-guard, he went flying backwards.

"Luna!" Mini Moon cried, staring up at her. Looking to her left, she was just as surprised to see - "Artemis!"

"How'd you two get here?" Sailor Moon inquired, scratching her head in confusion.

"Why you-" Since they had never liked Atia, he had never liked them, and now he hated them tenfold. He had his arm raised and was about to throw the power when a white gloved hand caught his wrist, suspending it into the air.

"I wouldn't do that, if I were you," she said quietly, squeezing his wrist so hard that they all heard a faint pop. She shoved him roughly backwards, the power disappearing at his surprise. "You didn't think your plan all the way through. Giving me back my powers at the Negaverse? Fool!" Kicking the back of his ankles and pushing him again, he fell to his backside.

"You're the fool!" he shouted, stumbling back to his feet as the shock died away. "Do you know how easily I could kill all the senshi and still have enough power to destroy your freaking planets?!"

Solar sidled up to him and whispered something that made him look taken aback, then smile darkly. Pulling away, Solar proclaimed, "However, I'm going to make you work for it." Before he could move, she blasted him hard in the chest (sending him to the ground) and jumped back as she did so.

He shouted an insult towards her as pain racked him from head to foot. Scowling, he scrambled to his feet and glared at her furiously as she healed Pluto's injury. "This is far from over, Sailor Solar! This is only the beginning!"

"The beginning of the end for you!"

"Four weeks!" He vanished in a roar of flame.

"Are you okay?" Solar looked down at Pluto.

"I'm fine."

"He was trying to kill you!" Sailor Moon blurted. "How can you be fine?!"

"He only hit me once, didn't he?"

"Well, yeah, but aren't you afraid he'll come back when you're sleeping?"

"If he had wanted to kill me that badly he would've done so already," Pluto replied evenly.

"Either you're both brave or you're stupid," Uranus said, "to not be afraid of him."

"I can't be afraid of him. I don't know how." Solar rubbed her forehead. "God help me, I still love him. I don't know how I left him."

"With a strong heart, that's how. I've heard it said, 'When love is your greatest weakness, you will be the strongest person in the world.' I think that saying was written for you," Venus said with a smile.

Solar smiled at her. "You just might be right."

*

Atia devoted every waking moment to training. She was beyond the physical point of exhaustion and human ability. During the day she would work out at the gym, sing, or a variety of other things. At night she ran huge distances through forests and difficult terrains. She rarely slept.

The last week, though, that all changed. She spent a lot of time with the senshi.

*

A red marker made an X over a date marked D-Day. Pulling on a light sweater, she jogged downtown and past to an old theater on the outskirts of the town. It was long since abandoned and was about to be torn down. With a weary grin, she figured she'd do the city of Tokyo one last favor and do it for them.

Entering the old building, she suppressed a shudder. The place was huge, gigantic, could hold well over two hundred people - on the stage. Sitting down in the center of the theater, she began to sing.

"This is all I've got
This is all I say
If this were my last day
This is my last song
It's all I got
Is I break my soul
Don't you break my heart
Won't you sing along
This is my last song
It's all I got
So don't you break my heart

Cause all I got is my world,
I give it to you.
Now it might not be much,
But it's all I got.
This is all I say
So please don't walk away.
This is my last song
It's all I got
If I break my soul,
Don't you break my heart
Won't you sing along
This is my last song
It's all I got
So don't you break my heart

If this were my last breath
Or my last day
Or my last chance
This is what I'd say
Thank you for the laughter
Thank you for the tears
Time to say good-bye
I say good-bye..."

Her voice echoed around the theater strangely. Tears ran down her face. Suddenly a pair of strong arms wrapped around her waist, soft lips brushed her neck.

"So beautiful." He sighed. "Too bad I'll have to destroy you."

"If this is how it was supposed to be," Atia said stiffly, "then so be it." She pulled out of his grasp and wiped the tears from her eyes. "Solar System Power!!" Sailor Solar stood before him. "Come on, Sebradon. Let's go."