DISCLAIMER: Sailor Moon and its characters are not owned by me, blah blah blah, and other legal junk.

Author's Note: This fanfic is a direct sequel to Looking Up To You, a Sammy/Ami romance fanfic that I wrote about a year ago. It's still on my profile, so I recommend that if you haven't read Looking Up To You, it would be best to stop, don't pass GO, don't collect $200, and go immediately to my profile to check it out. Otherwise, you'll be kinda confused.

Second Author's Note: This fanfic takes place after Sailor Moon Sailor Stars. (Serena, Ami, Rei, and Mina are 17. Lita is 18. Sammy is 14. Darien is older than all of them.) Also, if you're confused about some of the Senshi's attacks, that's because they got a whole set of new ones in Looking Up To You. So like I said, go check it out.

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The first thing that Sammy saw when he came to was a large, plexiglass wall in front of him. As he turned around, he saw two more walls on each side of him, and another behind him... as well as something else. It was Sailor Mercury... Ami. She was lying on the floor of the small, rectangular prison that she and Sammy were in, unconscious. Sammy didn't have enough room inside his plexiglass prison to kneel down and wake her without potentially hurting her, but he knew that he had to wake her somehow. So slowly, gently, he kneeled down on the hard, plastic floor of the capsule, his knees barely able to squeeze away from Mercury's legs, which was important, because Sammy didn't want to crush her beneath his own weight.

"This thing was clearly built for one," Sammy said. As he began to try and wake Sailor Mercury, he briefly looked outside his plexiglass prison. There, he could see three capsules, lined up in a row beside his own. Inside the capsules were Sailor Jupiter, Sailor Mars, and Sailor Venus. Their eyes were open, blinking every few seconds. "They've already woken up... but they're in bad shape..."

Their arms had been chained above their heads, apparently to the ceilings of the capsules that they were in. Their capsules were also filled with a clear liquid that Sammy assumed to be water. Oxygen masks had been placed over their noses and mouths so that they could breathe even while submerged inside the liquid. As Sammy turned his head toward them, they turned back toward Sammy.

"Sammy?" said Sailor Jupiter, who sounded quite surprised to be seeing Sammy. Sammy looked up and saw several tiny holes in the ceiling of the capsule.

"Their masks must have been hooked up to speakers," Sammy observed. "But... why would the bad guys want the Senshi to be able to communicate with one another? That's weird..."

"Sammy, is Ami alright?" Sailor Mars asked in a concerned tone. "And what are you doing here?"

"Ami's fine!" Sammy said. "And I'm here because... well, I sorta followed her here..."

No answer. Sammy began to speak again.


"Sammy, are you okay in there?" Sailor Venus asked. "You haven't said anything..."

"Guys, I don't think we'll be able to hear Sammy," Sailor Jupiter said. "He's not hooked up to the radio system here... but I'm sure he's fine... at least, I hope so..."

"Unnh..." Sailor Mercury groaned, beginning to rub her head. "Sammy... are you... okay?"

"Ami!" Sammy said, wrapping his arms around Sailor Mercury and hugging her as tightly as he could. "Oh my gosh... Ami, are you okay?"

"Sammy, you shouldn't have come here," Mercury replied. "It's... it's dangerous... it's..."


Tears began to form in Sailor Mercury's eyes. Sammy's face took on a look of concern.

"Oh, thank you, Sammy..." Mercury sobbed, her arms tightening around Sammy's chest. "Sammy, thank you for... for... Sammy, please, you have to find some way out of here..."

"It's alright, Ami, I'm here now..." Sammy said, trying to comfort his crying lover as best as he could. "Ami, I promise, I won't let anything happen to-"


At that moment, two large, metallic clamps dropped down from the ceiling. Sammy gasped and tightened his grip around Sailor Mercury's chest, refusing to let go.

"Fight it, Ami!" shouted Sailor Jupiter.

"I won't let them take you, Ami!" Sammy shouted, even as the clamps forced their way around Sammy's grip and locked around Sailor Mercury's arms. "No, no!"

Sammy cried out in despair as the clamps lifted Sailor Mercury up to the ceiling and clasped her arms together, leaving her chained and dangling from the top of the capsule.


"Let her go, you bastards!" Sammy shouted, pounding on the inside of the capsule. "Let her go!!!"

As Sammy continued to pound on the capsule's walls, a clear, thick liquid began to pour from the ceiling like a sprinkler, quickly beginning to fill the capsule. The water seeped up, above Sammy's feet and ankles, and up to his stomach, before beginning to rise up over Sailor Mercury's feet as well.


"Sammy, you have to get out of here!" Sailor Mercury shouted. "They're only planning to keep me alive, if you're in here when the capsule fills up, you'll drown!"

The last few words of Sailor Mercury's shouting came from the speaker on the ceiling of the capsule, as the oxygen mask was lifted up onto her face. The liquid substance rose over Sammy's chest, and then his neck.

"SAMMY!" screamed Sailor Mercury. "You've got to find some way to escape!"

The other Senshi began yelling as well, but it was no use. But just as the liquid was about to seep over Sammy's face, surely drowning him... the liquid stopped rising, leaving Sammy's head just above water, and covering Sailor Mercury up to her waist. As the liquid stopped, several very audible sighs of relief sounded over the speaker, the loudest coming from Sailor Mercury, as rivers of tears streamed down her face, joining the clear liquid below. But just as Sammy and Ami were beginning to rest easy, another voice blared through the capsule's speaker... a male voice. Jekelai's voice.

"Who is that? You're not a Sailor Senshi," said Jekelai.

"I'm Sammy Tsukino," Sammy said, with a look of rage on his face. "I love Ami, and you'd better let her go right now."

"Sammy, you shouldn't... wait, this person already knows who I am," Sailor Mercury thought as she began to scold Sammy for revealing her identity. "Sammy, be careful..."

"Ah, you're Sailor Moon's little brother... the one that we sent Nevin to kill," Jekelai said. "It would be so easy to flood that capsule and kill you right now, Sammy Tsukino... I'd do it in front of your sister, but killing the Senshi in front of her will be more than enough. Including your precious Ami Mizuno."

As soon as Jekelai had said he'd kill Ami, an incredible amount of rage surged through Sammy's body. He clenched his teeth and his fists, and then, raised both of his arms up out of the water and began pounding the plexiglass wall of the capsule with them. After several tries, one of Sammy's poundings finally did something... a loud cracking noise was heard, as a large, spider web-like crack in the capsule materialized. Sammy immediately stopped pounding the wall as gasped. Sailor Mercury gasped as well.

"I did... that?" Sammy said, bewildered by what he had done. "I don't... believe it..."

"Interesting," said Jekelai's voice over the speaker. "Perhaps our previous conjectures were wrong..."

"Previous conjectures?" thought Sailor Mercury, shaking her head in bewilderment. "What on Earth is he talking about?"

Suddenly, the walls of Sammy and Sailor Mercury's capsule began to lower, into the floor. As they descended past the level of the fluid, it spilled out, over the capsule walls and onto the floor. Finally, the walls had descended all the way, freeing Sammy, whose dark blue sweatshirt, shoes, socks, and blue jeans were now drenched. He took one step, past the fallen capsule walls. As soon as he did, the walls rose back up again with incredible speed, trapping Sailor Mercury inside. Sammy turned around and immediately began pounding on the walls, trying to free her, but it was in vain.

"Sammy?" came Sailor Mercury's voice, this time from the ceiling of the room. As Sammy looked up toward the ceiling, he also took time to look around the room that he was apparently in. The four capsules containing the Senshi were all up against the back wall, and they and Sammy appeared to be at the top of a wide platform. About twelve feet in front of Sammy were large, wide stairs leading down, five in all. Sammy was standing on what appeared to be a carpeted black surface, although the carpet beneath him had been soaked quite thoroughly. He looked around the rest of the room and saw luxurious walls and ceilings, a mixture of black and gold. The room was dimly lit, except for the platform that Sammy was on, which appeared to be lit up by large, bright spotlights, coming from the ceiling.

"This place is a palace," Sammy said, turning back toward Sailor Mercury's capsule. He knew he couldn't speak directly to her, so he tried to slowly lip-synch words to her... the first three being 'I love you'.

"I love you too, Sammy," Sailor Mercury replied, causing Sammy to smile. "Sammy, you have to try to escape... we'll be alright, I promise..."

"Oh, there is no escaping this place."

Sammy turned around and saw the tall, blonde form of Jekelai, standing at the foot of the wide, carpeted stairs. Jekelai's cape settled menacingly behind him.

"You're the reason Ami's trapped here... it's your fault that all of these horrible things have been happening!" shouted Sammy. Jekelai smiled proudly.

"That is correct," Jekelai said. "Although I wouldn't call them horrible... I'd call them progress. Sammy, would you like to know why I've brought you here? Furthermore, would you like to know what your role may be in this entire process? If my hunch is correct... you could be the most important person in the world right now... or maybe even the universe."

"Cut the crap," Sammy said. "Let Ami go right now, or I'll tear you into pieces."

Inside her capsule, Sailor Mercury began to tremble nervously.

"Sammy, don't make him mad..." Mercury thought, starting to struggle against the chains that held her wrists. "Don't make him hurt you, Sammy... I don't want to see you die..."

"Let me tell you a story," Jekelai said. "My name is Jekelai, and I am the leader of a group known as the Pale Mercenaries. There is one object in the universe that my employer and I currently desire more than anything else."

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Back on the dark, lonely streets of Tokyo, Sailor Moon continued to weep. Her friends, her brother, and her lover were all gone, and in grave danger...

"I failed all of you guys..." Sailor Moon sobbed. "It's my fault..."

"Darn right it is!"

"You're pathetic."


Sailor Moon turned around. There, hovering in the air and staring at her with cocky smiles on their faces were Ceyra and Yeika, their arms crossed in front of them.

"Should we do this here, or inside the portal?" Ceyra asked.


"Eh... in the portal," Yeika said. "We've gotta let her see her friends, first. Otherwise, this whole thing won't work."

"Well, alright, we'll let her come in," Ceyra said. "We already let her friends in."


"LET THEM GO RIGHT NOW!" Sailor Moon shouted, pointing her henshin stick at the two evil girls. "I'm warning you, I'll-"

"Aww, she's warning us!" Ceyra said, chuckling. "Isn't that sweet?"

"If you want your friends back, you'll have to come and get them!" Yeika shouted. "But be warned... once you come in, you'll never come back out!"


The two girls cackled evilly as they dived into the portal, leaving it open for Sailor Moon to follow them. With a look of determination on her face, Sailor Moon dived into the portal, and it snapped shut behind her.

---

"An object?" Sammy asked. "What's the object? Tell me!"

"Sammy, we are currently looking to procure a relic known as... the Dark Crystal," Jekelai said. "Not the most original name in the world, I'll admit, but it's simple and to the point."

"The... Dark Crystal?" Sammy said. "What the heck is a Dark Crystal? Does he think that I have it? Because I don't..."

As Jekelai talked to Sammy, the other Senshi nervously looked on, unable to hear a word of what Sammy and Jekelai were talking about.

"What's going on?" Sailor Mars asked, her voice sounding not only in the Senshi's capsules, but outside in the room as well.

"You see, that's why I hooked up the speakers to allow them to communicate with one another," Jekelai said. "Anything they say, I can hear as well. And even if they do decide to plan something against me... I can just do this."

Jekelai pointed toward the capsules where the Senshi were imprisoned. As soon as Sammy turned toward them, the liquid in the capsules began bubbling and steaming, as it heated up to incredibly hot temperatures. The four Senshi began to scream.

"He's going to boil us alive!" Sailor Mercury shrieked in horror. Sammy turned toward Jekelai, growling in anger.

"STOP HURTING THEM, YOU SICK BASTARD!!!" Sammy shouted, running at Jekelai and punching him in the side of his face with all of his strength. Jekelai's head turned to the side from Sammy's blow, but quickly turned back toward Sammy. A smile was on Jekelai's lips. Sammy's punch had caused no damage whatsoever to Jekelai. The boiling water inside the Senshi's capsules returned to normal temperature, and Sammy's anger subsided, albeit only slightly. "Don't... you... EVER... do that... again."


"And what's going to stop me?" Jekelai asked. The liquid inside the Senshi's capsules began to spark with electricity, causing the Senshi to scream again as thousands of volts of electricity surged through their bodies. Sammy let out a cry of rage and unleashed a flurry of punches to Jekelai's chest, until his fists could no longer take the pain, and Sammy let his arms drop. The electrical attack on the Senshi stopped, and Sammy ran over to Sailor Mercury's capsule, tears streaming down his face. She looked mostly unharmed, except for a few rips in her costume and some slight burns on her skin. The other Senshi were in similar condition.

"Ami... I can't stop him from hurting you..." Sammy sobbed, leaning up against the plexiglass frame of the capsule. "I'm so sorry..."

"That's right, Sammy... cry, cry your eyes out," Jekelai said, slowly walking up the stairs to approach Sammy. Though Sammy must have punched him several dozen times, Jekelai was completely unharmed, Sammy's assault having caused not even the slightest sensation of pain. "It's your fault."

Sammy turned around, his face turning a deep shade of crimson. He clenched his fists again, completely ignoring the pain that was surging through his hands.

"I won't... tell you... again..." Sammy said, slowly walking toward Jekelai, his rage growing with each step. "Let... Ami... GO!"

"Fine then, I will let her go," Jekelai said. "Three Senshi are more than enough to torment Sailor Moon with. I'll let Sailor Mercury go... straight to the depths of Hell!"

Jekelai lifted his arm into the air. At that instant, the liquid within Sailor Mercury's capsule began to freeze, its temperature dropping to chilling levels. Finally, all of the liquid had turned to ice, encasing Sailor Mercury in a frigid tomb. Her eyes remained open, and a look of pain and terror crossed her face.


"SAMMY!" Mercury shouted from within the deadly casket of ice, her loud scream broadcast through the entire room. The other three Senshi, who were not frozen, began to scream for her as well.

"Stop it, you sick creep!" Sailor Jupiter shouted.

"You're going to kill her!" Sailor Venus yelled.


"Please, don't hurt Ami anymore!" Sailor Mars pleaded desperately. As Mercury's screams echoed throughout the room, Sammy fell to his knees. His anger, it seemed, had disappeared completely. It had been replaced with despair, as he kneeled trembling on the floor, his tears falling beneath him.

"It's quite a fitting death for her, really," Jekelai said coldly. "Live by ice, die by ice. Beautiful in its irony."

Sammy slowly stood up from the floor, anger returning to him. His thoughts of 'rescue Ami' had quickly turned to 'kill Jekelai', and as anger and despair mixed within his body, something that had been lying dormant, silently waiting inside of his body, had finally begun to manifest itself. He unclenched his fists and opened his hands wide, holding them out to his sides as he stood up. A wisp of black energy began to encircle his right hand. Jekelai watched Sammy curiously, as if he knew what was going to happen next.

"That's it," Jekelai whispered. "Make your presence felt at last..."

"What's going on...." Sailor Mercury thought, her consciousness slowly beginning to fade from inside her icy tomb. "What's he done to you, Sammy..."

And then, out of nowhere, a blade appeared. Its hilt appeared first, and Sammy's fingers gripped around it. Then, a long, curved blade, extending from the hilt with an aura of black energy glowing around it. As the blade appeared, Jekelai's satisfaction gave way to confusion, and then, for the first time, a speck of fear.

"The sword... where did that sword come from?" Jekelai said quietly. "This was not supposed to happen..."

"That's... Alexis' sword... the one that I used to defeat Lazuli," Sailor Mercury thought, her spirits suddenly starting to return, even as the incredible cold gripped her body. "It's back..."

The glow around Sammy's hand ceased. He held the sword out in front of him, but as his eyes scanned the blade, even he became a bit surprised.

"The... sword?" Sammy said. "I thought I lost it in the void!"

"This is unexpected," Jekelai said. He waved his arm, and the ice encasing Sailor Mercury quickly receded. Her body slowly began to warm, and Sammy breathed a sigh of relief.

"Ami!" Sammy shouted happily. "Thank goodness that the ice is gone... oh, Ami, I thought I'd lost you..."

"I'm alright now, Sammy," Sailor Mercury said. "I'm sorry I scared you..."

Sammy turned back toward Jekelai.

"Well, Sammy," Jekelai said, floating backward, off of the platform and onto the level floor behind him. "I never would have thought that you'd get your sword back... I expected a different reaction. Still, now I know for certain what I've suspected to be true. The Dark Crystal resides within you, Sammy."

"I don't care about any Dark Crystal," Sammy said, stepping down from the platform and stopping several feet away from Jekelai, looking straight at his face with renewed determination. "Now that I've got my sword, you're going to pay for everything you've done to Ami and my friends."

"You naive child," Jekelai said. His cape began flowing behind him as he gathered magical energy into his body, which made him light up with a golden-white aura. "I am in no mood to play games with you..."

Seemingly unfazed by Jekelai's power, Sammy rushed him, sword in hand. It turned out to be a huge mistake, as Jekelai pointed his arm out toward Sammy, blasting him back with incredible force. He slammed onto the ground, nearly passing out as the back of his head slammed against the floor. Though it was carpeted, the carpet was hard, and felt like cement as his head and back slammed against it.

"Oh my gosh, no..." Sailor Mercury thought, worry quickly overtaking her. She'd never felt a power like she'd just felt from Jekelai... not from Queen Beryl, or the Doom Phantom, or Alexis, or Scion, or even Lazuli... against a power like Jekelai's, Sammy didn't stand a chance.

---

Sailor Moon appeared in the middle of a narrow corridor, the walls neatly decorated with various portraits, and the floor covered in dark black carpeting. She quickly decided which way to go, and dashed down the corridors, turning right or left according to her instincts. She was going to follow her heart to get to the ones she loved...

"I have to find them... have to save them... have to help them..." Sailor Moon kept saying to herself as she dashed down the halls. Finally, at the end of one of the halls, was a large, bright, golden ballroom, with a chandelier that glistened as the many lights in the room shined on it. Hanging from the chandelier, with thin, glowing black energy strands tied around his wrists, was Darien. His hat and mask had been removed, but he still wore the suit from his Tuxedo Mask costume. As Sailor Moon rushed into the room and saw him, her lips curved into a smile.

"Darien, I'm so glad to see you... are you alright?" she shouted.


"I'm fine, but you have to get out of here, Sailor Moon!" Darien yelled back. "It's a trap!"

"That's right!" said Ceyra, crashing into the ballroom through a window that was near the ceiling..


"I see you've found our new boytoy," said Yeika, crashing into the room from the other side. "You won't get him back, though!"

"We'll see about that!" Sailor Moon shouted. "Don't worry, Darien... I'll get you down from there..."


Ceyra and Yeika leapt toward Sailor Moon, ready to strike. Ceyra fired a flurry of feathers at the Moon Senshi, while Yeika fired off a large blast of dark energy. The attacks came quicker than Sailor Moon was ready for them. She managed to dodge most of the feathers, but several of them still struck her. One of them pierced her in her side, causing her to cry out in pain.


"Serena, look out!" Darien shouted as Yeika's large blast barreled toward Sailor Moon.

"Ow... ow... ow..." Sailor Moon said quietly, pulling the feather from her side. "Got it!"

The blast slammed into Sailor Moon just as she'd finished removing the feather, creating a large explosion. Yeika pumped her fists victoriously.

"Alright, we got her!" Yeika shouted. But as the smoke subsided, Sailor Moon was nowhere to be found.

"Serena, where are you..." Darien said, a look of worry beginning to cross his face. Ceyra peered into the smoky mist that remained from Yeika's blast, but she still hadn't spotted Sailor Moon. "Yeika, did you blast her into oblivion or something?"

"Of course I did," Yeika said, a smile on her face. "Wait... that's bad! We want her alive for Jekelai! Uh oh, he's not gonna like-"

"I'm right here!" Sailor Moon shouted. Ceyra and Yeika turned around, only to be met with a large blast of magical energy from Sailor Moon's henshin stick, sending them both flying backward.

"That's the way!" Sailor Moon shouted, striking her familiar pose. Ceyra and Yeika landed on their feet on the other side of the room, standing next to each other.

"That does it, Ceyra... let's put her out right now!"

"Just what I was thinking!" Ceyra replied, beginning to glow with a bright blue aura. Yeika, in turn, began to glow bright red. Sailor Moon recoiled slightly, knowing that the girls were far more powerful when they were glowing.

"Watch out, Sailor Moon!" Darien shouted.


"I know what I'm doing," Sailor Moon said, a hint of nervousness in her voice.

"I don't think you do!" Ceyra yelled. She formed five purple energy balls in her hands and tossed them at Sailor Moon. They coalesced around her and formed into a large, spherical energy prison, which immediately began shocking Sailor Moon with powerful purple bolts of lightning.

"I... won't... stop!" Sailor Moon shouted, her body coursing with pain.

"Let's see you say that after I do this!" Yeika shouted angrily. She somersaulted above Sailor Moon, crashed through the energy prison, and tackled her with incredible velocity, slamming to the ground and throwing up a huge cloud of smoke and dust, along with a large explosion of energy.

"NO!" Darien shouted. "Serena, no!"

---

Sammy ran at Jekelai again, sword in hand. This time, Jekelai didn't bother attacking Sammy. As Sammy slashed at him, Jekelai simply disappeared, reappearing behind Sammy and knocking him to the ground with another blast of energy.

"You pathetic fool, get up!" Jekelai shouted, kicking Sammy in the ribs and causing him to roll onto his face. "Don't tell me you're going to fail Ami now, after she trusts you to rescue her."

"Shut up..." Sammy said, standing up and pointing his sword at Jekelai. "You're going to pay for everything you've done... all the pain you've caused... you won't hurt Ami again!"

"Oh, just give it a rest," Jekelai said, pointing his arm at Sammy. Before Sammy could even think, the sword was ripped from his hand and sent flying across the room, skidding across the floor and coming to a stop near the large, red door that was the entrance of the room. As Sammy ran to try and retrieve his sword, Jekelai clenched his fist, and Sammy was rapidly lifted into the air, almost ten feet off of the ground. Sammy tried to move, but though he could thrash about in the air quite easily, he was still stuck in that spot, floating helplessly.

"What did you do to him?" Sailor Mercury shouted.

"Put him down right now!" Sailor Jupiter yelled.

"I think I'll leave him as he is," Jekelai said. "I'm going to extract the Dark Crystal from him now."


Sammy's eyes widened.

"I told you, I don't HAVE the Dark Crystal!" Sammy shouted.

"We'll see," Jekelai said with a smirk.

---

"She's not dead, is she?" Ceyra said, looking into the cloud of smoke created by Yeika's attack. Yeika leapt out of the smoke and smiled.

"Not dead, but unconscious, definitely," Yeika said. "I saw her with my own eyes."

"Serena..." thought Darien, helplessly peering into the smoky crater.

"Well, that's it then," Ceyra said. "Let's take her to Jekelai..."

Suddenly, a huge flash of light emerged from the crater, causing all of the smoke around it to disappear. Sailor Moon leapt up out of the crater, her henshin stick glowing with energy. Ceyra and Yeika gasped.

"It's time to banish you forever!" Sailor Moon shouted, lifting her henshin stick. "Moon... Blessed... Salvation!"

Ceyra and Yeika could only stare as several waves of magical energy floated out from the henshin stick and washed over them, creating a bright mist comprised from magical specks of energy.

"You did it, Sailor Moon," Darien said. "You... got them."

"But why aren't the strands around your arms disappearing?" Sailor Moon asked, looking up toward the chandelier where Darien was still left dangling.

"Because we're not dead!" Ceyra shouted, slowly climbing to her feet as the magical mist disappeared. "We're just as resilient as you, Sailor Moon!"

"No way..." Sailor Moon said, seeing Yeika stand up as well. The two girls began to glow.


"And now... we'll show you... our true form!" Yeika shouted. She turned toward Ceyra. "Ready to reunite again?"

"After being separated for so long?" Ceyra said. "I dunno.... well, okay!"

"That's the spirit!" Yeika shouted. "Let's do this!"

A bright, purple glow engulfed the two girls. Their separate forms began to merge into one, as Sailor Moon and Darien were blinded by the bright glow.

"What's going on?" Sailor Moon shouted.

"This isn't good... be on your guard, Sailor Moon!" Darien said. The glow melted away, and in its place was a tall, winged woman, shining with a bright purple glow. Her left wing resembled that of a devil, while her right wing resembled that of an angel. Her hair was still long and black, but instead of her normal golden dress, she wore a stunning red gown.

"My true form... Ceyazaka!" shouted the woman. "So, Sailor Moon, are you scared yet?"

"What's with the wings?" Sailor Moon said, pointing at them. "I mean, I know that one of you was an angel and one of you was a devil, but those wings still look really weird..."


"I'm kinda caught between the good-girl, bad-girl thing, okay?" said Ceyazaka, giggling slightly at her joke. She stopped giggling. "Now, I'll destroy you, Sailor Moon!"

---

"So you're just going to... take the crystal?" Sammy said, growling at Jekelai through clenched teeth.

"My dear Sammy, extraction isn't just a matter of pulling the crystal out of you... it's more of an internal process, Sammy," Jekelai said, causing Sammy to make a confused face. "You'll be the one making the crystal come out."

Jekelai waved his arm, and Sammy flew back toward the wall, slamming into it with a large amount of force and sliding to the floor, next to his sword. He collapsed onto the ground and gripped the hilt of the sword weakly, struggling to stand as Jekelai walked toward him.

"Have you looked at her, Sammy? Ami's crying... even as she is submerged in liquid, she's still able to cry... you can see her tears quite nicely, I assure you of that," Jekelai said. As Sammy looked across the room at Sailor Mercury, he gasped. Jekelai was right. Whatever liquid Jekelai had submerged Ami in, it separated her tears from the rest of the liquid, showing them clearly. He looked over at the other Senshi. A single tear was falling down Sailor Mars' face, and Sailor Jupiter and Sailor Venus appeared to be despairing for Sammy as well. He looked up toward Jekelai again.

"You were going to show them to my sister, weren't you?" Sammy asked. Whatever Jekelai was doing to Ami, Rei, Lita, and Mina, he was planning to show it off to Sammy's sister, Sailor Moon. Now Sammy was beginning to understand how Jekelai was planning to extract the crystal.

"Negative emotions, Sammy... let's see how many you can show me," Jekelai said. More screams could be heard from the ceiling speaker, and when Sammy looked at Sailor Mercury's capsule again, his rage flared up. Huge bolts of dark energy lightning were sparking around it, and it was clear that she was being shocked quite severely, from her extremely pained expression.

"Ami...."

"Is that all you can say, Sammy?" Jekelai shouted. "Just her name? No anger? No hatred? Nothing to tell me?"

"AMI!!!" Sammy screamed at the top of his lungs. At last, it seemed that Ami could hear him. Her head lifted up, and even though she now had an immense amount of pain coursing through her body, she still had enough energy left to say three words...

"I love you..." Sailor Mercury said weakly, before her head finally bowed, and she appeared to pass out. That was all the motivation Sammy needed. He lunged at Jekelai and slashed once at his face, then quickly ran around him toward the capsule imprisoning his lover. Jekelai turned around, but did not move to stop Sammy. He lifted his hand up to his face and felt a tiny cut that had appeared on his cheek.

"I guess today will not be the day," Jekelai said. "And I desire so much to kill him now... but my employer would not be pleased. But at least I know that he possesses the crystal..."


With incredible strength, Sammy slammed the blade of his katana into Sailor Mercury's capsule, shattering the glass instantly and sending a huge amount of liquid spilling out. The dark lightning that had been shocking Sailor Mercury disappeared, but not before giving Sammy a large jolt that caused him to collapse to the ground. Jekelai had seen enough. He waved his arm, and a small portal appeared, which he walked through, exiting the room. As he did, another spark from the lightning hit the shackles binding Sailor Mercury's arms, freeing her and causing her to collapse on top of Sammy's unconscious form, groaning weakly. The oxygen mask that she had been wearing receded back through the top of the capsule.

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"Take this!" Ceyazaka shouted, tossing several large balls of purple energy. Sailor Moon was hit by them all, sending her flying back into the wall of the room. She recovered quickly, but was tackling back into the wall by Ceyazaka, who scratched her sharp fingernails roughly across Sailor Moon's face, scratching her cheek in three places. Sailor Moon replied by firing a blast of magical energy from her henshin stick, knocking Ceyazaka away.

"I've beaten you when you were two people, and I can beat you now that you're just one!" Sailor Moon declared. "You're not stronger just because you're a merged being!"


"That's not true," Ceyazaka replied. "I'm a hundred times stronger!"

Ceyazaka was suddenly holding two large feathers, one in each hand. She swung the feathers at Sailor Moon, sending out a strong blast of wind that pushed Sailor Moon back into the wall again, pressing her up against it.

"How do you like my Super Gale Attack?" Ceyazaka said. "I think it's quite a rush, don't you?"

Sailor Moon screamed as the wind pressed against her, crushing her beneath its powerful force.

"How... can wind be... so powerful?" Sailor Moon shouted over the howl of the large breeze. Ceyazaka held up her arms, and her two feathers transformed into large, burning torches. The wind stopped, and Sailor Moon slid down against the wall, breathing heavily.

"Time to get this party blazin'!" Ceyazaka shouted. She pointed the flaming torches at Sailor Moon. "Devil's Flame!"

A huge, whirling torrent of fire slammed against Sailor Moon, pressing her against the wall a second time. The flames scorched and singed her, and again, she cried out in pain.

"What's the matter?" Ceyazaka asked. "If you can't take the heat, get out of the kitchen!"

The flames stopped, and the burned and singed form of Sailor Moon collapsed to the ground.

"Can't.... go on..." Sailor Moon groaned, coughing up smoke. Ceyazaka landed next to her, giggling.

"Well, guess I'd better stop and take you to Jekelai now," Ceyazaka said. "Or maybe I'll just try to extract the Dark Crystal here..."

Ceyazaka casually walked over to Darien and slapped him hard across the face.

"Stop it!" Sailor Moon shouted weakly. "Stop hurting him..."

"Make me, Sailor Moon," Ceyazaka said. "Show me the crystal of darkness! Show me NOW!"

But instead of darkness, Sailor Moon was engulfed by a bright aura of light. She slowly rose to her feet, her henshin stick held out in front of her. Ceyazaka looked on in stunned silence.

"I am guided by the light... never by darkness," Sailor Moon said. Her henshin stick transformed, taking on the shape of a sword... the Sword of the Moon.

"What... what is that?" Ceyazaka shouted. "You're not supposed to have a swo-"

Sailor Moon leapt at Ceyazaka and slashed her repeatedly, not stopping until she had slashed exactly a hundred times. Ceyazaka did not move, not even once. After the attack on Ceyazaka, Sailor Moon leapt up and cut the strands holding Darien, freeing him from the chandelier. She caught him before he hit the ground, set him down, and then fell to one knee. Meanwhile, Ceyazaka fell as well... slashed into a hundred pieces by Sailor Moon's attack. The pieces hit the ground and disintegrated, until Ceyazaka was no more.

"That's the way, Serena," Darien said, smiling at Sailor Moon and helping her to her feet. Then, Serena and Darien kissed deeply.

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"Sammy..." Sailor Mercury said, stroking the hair back from Sammy's forehead. "Sammy, wake up..."

As Sailor Mercury tried to revive Sammy, the capsules that were encasing Sailor Mars, Sailor Jupiter, and Sailor Venus fell back into the floor, and the shackles disappeared, freeing the three Senshi from their watery prisons. They ran out to Sailor Mercury and Sammy, looking on in concern.

"Will he be okay?" Sailor Venus asked, looking around. "Looks like Jekelai got scared off..."

"Sammy... please wake up," Sailor Mercury sobbed, tears streaming down her face. "Please..."

Finally, Sammy's eyes began to blink open. He looked into Sailor Mercury's eyes and smiled.

"Is... is he gone?" Sammy asked. "Did we... did we win?"

"He escaped," Sailor Mercury said. "But... you're okay... and we're all okay... so yes, Sammy... we won."

"I'm glad you're alright, Ami," Sammy said. "I was really worried about you..."


"You saved my life again, Sammy," Sailor Mercury said. "You saved all of our lives..."


"You were great, Sammy," Sailor Jupiter said.


"You never, ever gave up..." said Sailor Mars. "Just like the old days."

Sammy slowly began to get up, and Sailor Mercury stood up as well. Sammy set his sword down on the ground and embraced Sailor Mercury tightly, never wanting to let go.

"Ami... I'm sorry I worried you so much," Sammy said. "I love you... I don't want to lose you like I almost did six months ago..."

"I almost lost you, Sammy," Sailor Mercury replied. "But... I don't want to think about that anymore... I just... I just want to be with you, always..."

"No matter what it takes, I promise, we'll always be together," Sammy said. Sailor Mercury smiled warmly at Sammy, and as she did, Sammy felt happiness like he hadn't felt in such a long time... Ami always had the perfect smile, and it could always brighten Sammy's day. The two leaned their lips toward one another, and then kissed, transferring their love through their lips as they had done so often in the past. Sailor Moon and Darien ran into the room as the two were still kissing, seven seconds later. They finally stopped and turned around as Sailor Moon and Darien ran toward them.

"Sailor Moon!" shouted Sammy and the four Senshi, their spirits lifted by the presence of their leader. Sammy was the first to get to Sailor Moon, and he hugged his sister tightly as soon as he was within reach.

"Sammy, you guys... I was so worried!" Sailor Moon said. "You don't know how happy I am to see you all..."

"I'm glad to see you too, big sis," Sammy said. "It got really crazy in here..."

Suddenly, the room began to shake, and the walls began to crumble and crack. The Senshi, Sammy, and Darien gasped.

"What's going on?" Sammy shouted.


"When Jekelai teleported away, this place became unstable... and from the rippling and waving in the air, it appears to be a pocket dimension!" Sailor Mercury shouted. "Jekelai created it simply to imprison us... this isn't his headquarters!"


"We've got to get out of here!" Sammy said, grabbing his sword.


"Leave it to me!" shouted Sailor Moon. "Guys, we're going to need to use a Sailor Teleport..."

"Right!" shouted the Senshi. They formed a circle and clasped hands. Sammy was in the circle between Serena and Ami, clasping hands with them while also holding onto his katana. Darien was in the circle between Serena and Rei. "We've got more than enough energy to teleport two other people out of here... hold on!"

A huge flash of light engulfed the seven teens, and they were teleported out of Jekelai's pocket dimension just as the palace collapsed and the dimension was vaporized forever.

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"You failed to extract the crystal, am I right?"

"Yes, I did," Jekelai said. "And I also lost two more of my mercenaries. But... I have found the true carrier of the crystal, and it is not Sailor Moon."

"Excellent work, Jekelai... while you were gone, I also determined that Sailor Moon could not be the holder of the Dark Crystal... the Imperium Silver Crystal has purified her soul to the point that the Dark Crystal would be destroyed if the two came in contact. So... who is the real holder, then?"

"A 14-year-old boy... Sammy Tsukino. Especially once the sword returned to him... I knew that it had to be him, although at that point I thought I had extracted the crystal. The sword was drawn to the crystal... which may have been possessed by someone else, just as the sword once was. Somehow, the crystal was transferred to the boy along with the sword. Sailor Moon never possessed the crystal."

"And so... how do you plan to extract the crystal, then?"

"One step at a time... I will make the boy implode with dark emotion."

"You will have my assistance in this matter, Jekelai... I trust, however, that you have your own assistance prepared?"

"Yes, several more mercenaries..."


"And my army as well. I MUST possess this crystal, Jekelai... and you must not waste any more time."

"It shall be yours."

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End of chapter! ^_^ Wow, a long one, eh? Hee, the "good-girl, bad-girl thing" line was a line that my friend Christina from school wanted me to put in... so I did! ^_^ I also got the devil/angel wing idea from her... sorry that the person that wielded them got whooped so badly! ^_^ Welp, how'd you guys like this chapter? Review please! Thankuu!