Chapter 9

Dillabcra's eyes dimmed as he used his power. His eyes were the darkest gray Usagi had ever seen. It seemed so foreign and yet so familiar to her. He leaned closer to her and a chill ran down her spine. Usagi closed her eyes against the aloof feeling.

The chill seemed to travel to every single part of her body. But then a white light, even with her eyes closed she saw, stopped the chill in its tracks. Then Usagi opened her eyes.

"What happened?" Usagi questioned Dillabcra as she opened her eyes. "Why did it stop?"

"I have no idea your highness, but I was able to see enough to understand the current situation." Dillabcra answered and he stood off of his throne. "Strangely enough, it ties in with what you all were called here for Princesses."

"How is that?" Rei asked suspiciously.

"You've already started my job." He smiled.

"But that doesn't make any sense." Makoto stated.

"Oh I'm not referring to the fight, I was referring to the other event that happened afterwards." Dillabcra corrected himself. "The, um, banishment if you will."

"What?" All the senshi yelled.

"You see, it was only natural for something like what you discovered to happen. Uranus was banished before, along with the other three. But the kind Queen Serenity decided to give them each another chance when they were reborn."

"What did we do that required the punishment of banishment?" Sesuna asked.

"You three nothing. Uranus however, did something we swore never to mention again, and was not only banished, but cursed as well. You see, back in the old days we had prophets, sibyls, mystics, seers, you know. People who predict the future. And they saw a horrible event in which all the Outer Senshi would betray the Silver Millennium. So the Queen banished them to the Outer Solar System because the seers hadn't been wrong yet. Then it happened. Uranus went down to Earth and instigated the familiar end of the beloved kingdom. So the Queen declared in her last moment that Uranus would be cursed several ways and would not be in her daughter's reign. as queen."

"Liar!" Setsuna shouted. "I may not know who the real Uranus is at this point but I know this, she would never instigate that event!" Setsuna glared at Dillabcra. "That I know for sure!"

"Do you Princess Pluto?" Dillabcra questioned. "Is it not true that she lied to you once? Is it not possible that she lied all through this? Could you just be seeing the edited version of her?"

There was silence. Setsuna's story seemed familiar to them all, something that everyone wanted to believe. Yet Dillabcra's story had no contrast to the current situation. Who was right? What was the lie?

"I did not do that."

Nearly everyone in the room, including Haruka herself, jumped at Uranus' words.

Dillabcra snapped "Words of a traitor! Straight from the lecher's mouth!"

"I can't explain why, but I know I did not do it. It's like a foggy memory that I can't quite make out. But with every word you say against me I hear a voice telling me that it is not so." Haruka replied slowly.

"Now she's gone completely insane!" Dillabcra cried. Then he turned his attention to Usagi. "Your highness, please let me tell you exactly why you were brought here without interruption from this, creature."

"Go on Dillabcra." Usagi answered.

"Again I apologize for the hastiness of Niloc and the uncomfortable conditions in which you were brought but it was necessary. As I have already stated, Uranus cannot be in your reign. Which in so many words means she must be annihilated, or simply killed without promise of rebirth as soon as possible before Crystal Tokyo is created or else it will suffer the same consequences the last kingdom did."

"I don't remember that at all." Luna argued.

"You weren't supposed to because the original idea was she would not even be here but with a tragic twist of fate, loose ends weren't tied up." He quietly responded. Then he turned to Uranus. "Will you accept your fate, or die and be remembered as one who refused the good queen's orders?"

"Is there a difference?" Haruka mumbled. Then she turned and looked at Michiru. Just one tiny hint of acceptance of her and Haruka would fight Dillabcra and then fight to win Michiru back.

But there was no love in Michiru's body of which Haruka was so familiar with. Thousands of times she had kissed those lips that now frowned at her. Millions of times Haruka had made love to that body that now rejected her like a disease. And infinite times she had just held Michiru who now hated her. Why fight a battle that you couldn't win? Just run and hope for the best. They had made that agreement together when they were searching for the talismans. . .

"Give me your answer or die a backstabber." Dillabcra demanded with complete seriousness.

Haruka turned and quietly subsided. "You win; kill me."

Usagi cried out "Noooo! Haruka don't give in! Please don't let yourself die again! Haruka!" She started to run to Haruka but Seiya grabbed her and stopped her.

"It's her decision Usagi, and it's the right one." He whispered to her. Though, he thought to himself, she is giving in quicker than I expected.

Dillabcra smiled and snickered "That's the first time you have ever made the best choice I believe." And then his grin grew larger. "You have no idea how long I have been waiting for this. Finally a victory for the Old Kingdom at the Future one's front steps! Niloc! Fetch me my staff!"

"Of course Dillabcra." Niloc answered and disappeared. But then he was back in an instant with a plain gold rod which at the top became a simple circle with at the tip of the circle was a small white (not silver) stone that resembled the imperial crystal.

"Thank you Niloc." Dillabcra answered as Niloc handed him the staff. "And here it is, the mystic Esoltof. The staff that permanently removes history gems. Well, I best not waste anymore time talking, should I? Well, here it is! Thisisthespeltokilharuka!!!"

And a burst of light came out of the crystal while the gold parts of the staff became clear. The light shot straight at Uranus' heart. She screamed louder than anyone had ever even dreamed she could. Not only that but her voice sounded like it was in so much pain too.

Michiru realized it an it suddenly struck her why it hurt so much. It was almost like a memory that she had dealt with history gems before. She remembered that the removal of them was a horrid thing. It made the victim relive every sad, frightening, or disappointing event that had ever happened to them in their present or past lives. That is why the screaming only got louder until it stopped. It was then that Michiru realized Haruka was innocent because if she hadn't been the victim of all of the vulgar attacks, she wouldn't be screaming now. Michiru had been wrong, Haruka had been innocent. And now she's suffering all because of me. Michiru thought.

"DIE TRAITOR!!!" Dillabcra shouted wildly.

"URANUS!" Michiru screamed. "She's innocent! I've just received a memory from the Past Moon Kingdom! Let her go!"

"Never! Traitors are to be punished! Suffer Uranus suffer! Feel all the pain that I felt! Ha,ha,ha! Suffer miserably in your own personal hell!"

"But Neptune just said she was innocent!" Mars objected.

"Let her go if she did nothing!" Taiki added.

"Fools! do you really want me to release this fiend?"

"Absolutely!" Usagi yelled.

"This staff I hold is a powerful one, it's known as the Nosirp. If I let her go with only half her soul taken she will slowly disappear growing younger each day and be stuck in eternal pain until the end of time! But if you want me to leave her be..."

"No!" Mercury cried.

"How can we save her?" Venus asked. "Any ideas?"

Nobody had any. Uranus' screams only grew louder and worse as did the senshi's guilt. All they could do was sit and watch their friend's demise.

"No...Uranus..." Michiru whimpered. "Haruka...I love you...I'm sorry..." And Michiru softly started crying. "It's all my fault."

"No it's not." an unfamilier bodiless voice assured.

"What?" Michiru asked aloud.

"Shout 'They are innocent and shall be avenged!'"

"Who is speaking ?" Michiru asked.

"What do you mean who's speaking? No one said anything." Setsuna replied. "Why did you hear something?"

"Yes. But you're telling me you heard none of that?"

"None of what?"

"Then maybe it was only meant for me." Michiru said to herself. "It sounded familiar. I feel I should say it. So I will!"

"What did you say wench?" Dillabcra snapped.

Here goes nothing! "They are innocent and shall be avenged!" Michiru shouted.

Then the light that was hitting Uranus disappeared and instead flowed up around her like when she transforms.

"They are innocent and shall be avenged!" Michiru cried again.

The light grew brighter and the screaming lowered dramatically.

"They are innocent and shall be avenged!"

The light flew up Haruka and changed into three balls of light. One dark blue, one gold, and the last black. Then Uranus' body fell and the moment it hit the ground three things happen as if on cue at the exact same time.

· The Black Orb split across the floor over to Niloc. Niloc looked as surprised as all of them did but when the orb flew into him he showed a slight smile before his body started to drop to the ground. After the orb pierced through him it flew behind Dillabcra and took shape of a small boy about the age of ten with blond hair wearing a servant's outfit. His eyes were closed and he looked unconscious just hanging in midair,

· The Dark Blue Orb moved in front of Uranus' form and shaped into a young women about the age Uranus was, only she sure didn't look like Uranus! She had long white hair, as long as Pluto's almost but pulled back in a braid so it only came down to Rei's height. She was tall and beautiful. She was wearing the Sailor Fuku for Uranus. Her eyes were closed an she was dangling in midair.

· The Gold Orb also sped into Niloc as the body started to fall, the force pushed it up into the wall. As it dropped a gold aura circled it until the body touched the ground. Then it disappeared, but the body did not change except for the fact that it was unconscious, eyes closed.

· All the servants (other than the new boy) disappeared.

· The Nosirp completely disappeared

· Dillabcra was very, very, very, angry.

"You fool!" Dillabcra cried. "Why did you do that!?"

Everyone stared at Neptune. She looked very confused. "I, I don't know. I heard this voice..."

"You idiot! Know we're all doomed. At least Uranus is dead." Dillabcra snapped.

"Tell me you're not that stupid." The form in front of Uranus said. Then her eyes flew open and she landed on the ground. Her eyes were light blue like the sky on a sunny day. "I know you are smarter than that."

"I beg to disagree." Said the boy behind Dillabcra. "If he didn't even realize that we'd be back."

The boy's eyes then slowly opened. They were bright gold like the sun. Dillabcra swung around and stepped backed away from the boy. The boy landed on the ground grinning at Dillabcra. Then he chuckled "What's wrong Dillabcra? Scared that your plan and body are about to be ripped into smithereens and completely destroyed now that we're back? Well you are correct sir!"

"SKY STORM!" The Uranus shouted and attacked. It was completely different than Haruka's world shaking. She threw her right hand to the right, swung around and threw a dark blue planet straight at the opponent (Dillabcra).

Dillabcra started to dodge it but the boy took out a whip from no where and hit the ground saying "EARTH SHAKE" and the ground around Dillabcra glowed yellow and the ground started to cave in a little. The attack by Uranus hit him and he slammed into the wall.

Dillabcra jumped up shouting. "You had your warning! Now you'll pay!" He held his hand out and a pure white sword with a gold moon carved into the handle. It glowed a bright white light. He aimed the sword at Uranus. "I suggest you run now."

Then Dillabcra lunged at Uranus and she dodged it. The boy ran over to the body of what had been Niloc. He slapped the face. "Wake you stupid! You're on!"

The crumpled form slowly opened his eyes. "Where am I? What happened." He stood up. "Shit! My head feels like someone hit it with a club."

The boy kicked the older one. "Get your damn sword out and fight Dillabcra or else Uranus is going to be split in two you idiot!"

The older boy blinked and realized what was going on. "Ok, I'm on it!" He threw out his hands and the space sword appeared. Of course it too had changed. (My God what hadn't?) It was no longer bent, it was straight. It was longer too. And the handles were both faced the same way. "Here comes payback!"

The older boy lunged at Dillabcra with the sword. Dillabcra dodged. "Oh boy! I'm going to enjoy killing you a second time!" Dillabcra crackled. The two started to fight. Dillabcra started moving much quicker than he had been. He landed more than a few of his blows. But the boy was not uneducated in swordsmanship and he landed only one blow. Right in Dillabcra's heart.

Dillabcra screamed. He staggered back a few steps and disappeared. Leaving only the space sword in a puddle of blood.

There was silence. Everyone just stared at the spot where the man had been. Then the young boy jumped up and shouted "Yes! Yes! Ha ha! We did it! We're free! Finally! Hooray! Way to go!" And then he ran over to the older boy and patted him on the back. "Good show Haruka! Nice job. For a moment I thought we were goners but you didn't give up! Great job Haruka!" Haruka grunted when the boy hit his back because he had slapped one of the wounds. "Sorry about that buddy."

The new Uranus turned to the other senshi who were in shock and said to the two boys "Um, before we celebrate I think we have some explaining to do."

The two boys faced the senshi. There was silence again. No one was moving at all. It was almost as if time had stopped.

Finally someone decided to break the madness and speak. The famous

Usagi of course. "Uh, hi. Who are you all?"

The new Uranus said "I'm Sailor Uranus. The older boy over there is my brother Haruka, Prince of Uranus and the young one is Eiken."

Neptune asked "That voice.."

"That was me." Haruka said with a smile.

"What happened to the old Haruka? What's going on?" Ami asked.

"The Haruka Tenoh you knew was a complete mistake. She was a mixture of myself, my bother, Yuiren Tenoh, and Niloc."

"Niloc?" The senshi said together.

"Me." Eiken piped in. "I am just the younger version of Niloc. 1,000 years ago, my older brother cast a spell on me to turn me into the evil Niloc. The Niloc you know was just the evil remains of my spirit."

"Yes." Uranus said. "As I was saying, all of those people put together became the Haruka Tenoh you know. It had to be done. Well, I might as well start with the true story of what happened. You see, in the Old Moon Kingdom, Dillabcra wished for the Outer Senshi to be banished because he was jealous. Jealous of the power we had and jealous especially of Haruka. Dillabcra had fallen for Sailor Neptune. Sailor Neptune had fallen for Haruka as did Haruka for her. But Haruka was engaged to Princess Serenity because he was the only Prince born in the Moon Kingdom. You all know that the Princess was in love with Prince Endymion.'

'Now this was a very big knot. The Princess and Haruka did not hate each other but they were not in love. They told each other how they felt and decided that they should try to fix it so that the Princess could see Prince Endymion without anyone else knowing. This is why Haruka went down to earth, to tell Endymion when it was a good time to come and visit the moon. In exchange, the Princess did the same with Neptune. The only people who knew about this were Neptune, me, Saturn and Pluto. But one day Dillabcra caught Haruka on his way back from Earth. He claimed that Haruka was cheating on the Princess and was planning a revolt against the Queen. Haruka couldn't tell the truth or else the Princess would get in trouble. Haruka was exiled into my body. When that was happening, Dillabcra also sealed Niloc in my body so that I would eventually betray the kingdom. That is what the seers saw though it wasn't our fault. So we were all banished to the Outer Solar System. Eventually Dillabcra was found out and exiled with all his minions to a distant planet until he could earn the Queen's trust back. Of course you know how the story ends. Queen Beryl attacks the moon and that's the end of the old kingdom. Every one of the senshi were promised rebirth. But when I was reborn in the body of a young English girl named Morgen, Dillabcra possessed my father and made him kill me. I couldn't die yet. So my spirit searched for the one girl who was supposed to die the same day and made her live. That girl was Yuiren Tenoh. That is how this all happened."

"So what happens to the old Haruka that we knew?" Neptune asked wearily.

"You mean Yuiren?" asked Sailor Uranus.

"Yes, Yuiren."

"She is, well, see for yourself." And Uranus moved away and revealed a small body of a girl not too much older than Chibiusa. She had blonde hair down a little farther than her shoulder in a long ponytail. Her eyes were relaxed and shut. She looked like she was sleeping.

Neptune walked over to the body. She stared at the young girl. Then she kneeled down. She held the girl in her arms. She stared at the little face. She looked so innocent and loving despite the fact on how cold her skin was.

". . .What happened to me at twelve?. . .Ha! I can and do keep secrets from you!"

This all happened over that fight! Thought Michiru. I'm so sorry Haruka! Please forgive me!

Michiru began to cry. Everyone just stared and stood back.

"I didn't even know her real name was Yuiren. . . Oh god will she ever forgive me??" and Michiru continued to cry.

Tonight sets every whim. All that was wick is now nothing but empty life encouraging it.

The sky shows no encouraging stars, only the shame of black pools. The sun is completely unlit.

The night's air bit at all mankind and the trees and plants seemed to be limping to the point of crying.

A slight breeze came. It pushed the trees and they screamed. It didn't comfort any body anywhere that's dying.

The sky seemed to grow darker with every breath. The world seemed to become silent and dead.

The world was but a cold hand, grasping the life of the unknown people. All becomes a heavy lead.

All is silent as the darkness holds the land. The terror comes in an unrecognizable form.

The world of darkness comes to conquer all that is left. But there is only one to mourn.

I stand here foresee for the ones I love. In complete darkness I pray for their advent.

Alas I am the only one left to repent.

-END PART ONE-

So what do you think? Was it worth the year I spent working on it? Sorry it was so long! Part 2 won't be, I promise!! Thanks for reading!!