Greetings and Salutations! Here is the next installment, hot off the editing table! It's like 12:19am, E.S.T and for you I have updated! I hope you like this story and you will notice, there isn't as my anguish in this story as is in 'CAN LOVE THAT'S LOST BE FOUND'. But there is a lot of Darien bashing, which is a common theme now, I just hope that my bashing is different from the others. This is an alternative to the common begging and pleading "R" season story. Actually, this will be full of twists, if there haven't been any already. Enough yapping, to my crew Takai, LiNa, & Moon_girl888, how are ya! Thanks for the reviews. And hey if you want your name added to my list…. REWIEW, SEND ENCOURAGEMENT, AN E-MAIL…SOMETHING! Opps, got away from myself there…hee hee.
(Sung to the tune of Für Elise)
I DO NOT OWN SAILOR MOON, IT BELONGS TO NAOKO. But I do have two movies (uncut with subtitles), 13 of the manga, lots of images and this weekend I will get some Star Season fan-subs. And soon I will get some art books but sadly I don't own Sailor Moon.
A Tangent in the Future
By Crystaldove
Chapter 3
"I told you that I didn't trust that child and since Darien and Luna believes so much in her, it was best that they care for and watch after her. But it seems that both are as irresponsible as they claim me to be. Artemis, where did you find Luna?"
"She was sleeping on Darien's coach."
"I told you to watch Reeny, Luna!"
"Serena don't try to blame…"
"Silence! Darien you were asked to this 'soldier' meeting to listen not to place your unwanted 2
Darien put his head down and leaned against the wall. To the side he could see the girls slapping silent hi-fives; they were enjoying his humiliation.
"You didn't watch her and now my crystal is missing again!"
"Stop blaming her! You know she didn't take it!"
"Was I talking to you? I don't remember saying 'Darien, you didn't watch her.' I was addressing Luna. And no, you don't know if she did!"
Darien looked puzzled.
'She did take it the last time, but I trust her.'
"Amy give me a hand."
"You can do this alone, Serena."
"I know, but this is a lesson for your powers as well."
"Well now, look who's teaching whom?"
Giggled Amy while she and Serena walked towards the center of the room where the broach floated. Amy held her hands outstretched under the broach and a mist began to form. She then placed her hands over it and rain emitted from the mist; the broached melted revealing the crystal.
"You know, that science stuff is really paying off Amy. You could make a fortune selling umbrellas."
Serena coyly spoke.
"Wow, I amazed myself!" The girls stood in awe then understood.
"All of you have abilities outside of your sailor forms. Remember, like myself, you are princess' of your home planets. With practice, you will be able to increase your soldier powers too."
"Wicked Cool!" Mina exclaimed, thus summarizing the feeling of the girls.
"Lita, Mina I need a restraining device...think you can pull something off?"
"I think so." Answered Lita
"Mina?"
"Hmm…I think I know what you mean. Serena, blow me a kiss."
Darien looked at Mina like she lost her mind. For the most part, he was taken back by Serena's newfound knowledge of the girls abilities, he was really curious about what was going on. Serena just puckered up and blew a kiss. Mina caught it, twisted her hands together and created a chain of kisses. Then shaking it like a blanket, a fence of kisses rolled out from the chain.
"Look out David Copperfield!" Yelled Lita.
"Mina, uh…why did Serena blow you a kiss?"
"For dramatic effect, besides I needed a lovely assistant."
"So I'm UGLY now!"
"Smother the flames pyro, would you have blown me a kiss?"
"Eww, no!"
"Exactly!"
"Lita, are you ready?"
Serena asked breaking up the squabble between Mina and Raye. During the spectacle, Lita stood in deep thought with her hands on her side and her fingers outstretched. Slowly her hairs began to stand on end while currents of electricity pooled around her.
"Mina, levitate your chain below the crystal and Raye, I need a laser."
Smiling wickedly, Raye stood with her finger high in the air; a small red glow formed at the tip.
"Ready Lita?"
"Yep." Lita brought her hands up in front of her and lightening shot from her fingers and connected with Mina's fence.
"Raye, shoot the crystal."
"What?"
"Just trust me." Raye aimed her finger at the crystal and a concentrated flame shot forth and cracked the crystal.
"Wait, the crystal can withstand fire, that's not the real Silver Crystal!" Raye screamed as the crystal exploded.
"Let me out!!!! Oh, you Meatball Head, you did this!" Exclaimed Reeny as she fell within the confines of the electric barrier, ready to fight the older girl; that is until she noticed Darien.
"Darien, she took me and put me in that crystal. I was walking home from school when she grabbed me. Why does she hate me?" Darien ran to comfort the child but the fence prevented it.
"You have gone over the line Serena, let her out of this! I can't believe you've done something this cruel!"
"Tsk, tsk, tsk, you cape boy of little intelligence. I think you've been inhaling too much rose fertilizer because you doubt me again; now I'm a kidnapper? See Amy, this is what happens when you study too much, you lose all of your common sense. This innocent 'child' broke into my house and stole my broach again. You need to thank me for not pressing charges, I hear juvy-hall is pretty tough."
"What are you talking about, I didn't steal your broach; you can't prove I did!"
"Oh really." Serena uttered.
"How could I have ever thought I had feelings for you Serena? You're just…evil and apparently you've brainwashed the others."
Serena looked at him showing hurt for the first time in days. "I should have let you die instead of wishing you back Darien! Better yet, I should have let you suffer the fate of the Negaverse!
Darien reeled at this statement and the girls were in pseudo-shock.
"You never learn, how could I've ever thought that 'you' of all people would understand me. Yeah, why did you date me? It's apparent that you see me as incompetent and incapable of making decisions for myself. Was it for power, no, you're the prince of an entire planet…but the being king of the universe 'is' something to aspire to. But you are wrong; I'm not evil, just vindicated."
Serena turned from him and held her hands out in front of her.
"Mirror, mirror come to my hand, show me what I want to see
rewind the reflection of this time, show me the child Reeny."
A mirror appeared in Serena's hand and projected its reflection on the shine wall. It showed Serena dropping her 'broach' and leaving. It then showed Reeny approaching her house minutes later, and then they saw Reeny trying to use her Luna Ball on Mrs. Tsukino and the explosion. Lastly it showed Reeny getting trapped by the crystal.
"Now Darien, I thought she was home with Luna. She could have seriously hurt my mother with that thing! Both you and Luna said I was wrong in my accusations of her; what do you say now Darien? I don't think a lame haiku can get your ass out of this one!"
Serena's eyes were flashing and the girls and Artemis backed away from her in fear of her wrath.
"I don't know. Reeny what do you have to say for yourself?"
"I didn't know she could do that." She meant to say to herself, but was heard by the others.
"That's all you have to say, you don't deny trying to steal the Silver Crystal; again. That was a very bad thing to do. What would have happened if Rubeus attacked, Serena would not have been able to fight."
"She's a wimp, you've said it plenty of times yourself…"
"Reeny no…"
"Anyway I need it to save my mother. Serena treats her mother so bad, my mommy's in trouble and I might loose her. But it's not like Serena would understand that anyway."
"She understands more than you would know!" Lita shouted thinking about Queen Serenity.
"That's 'real' touching Reeny. Stealing my crystal to save your mother, that's an original reason girls. But did you ever think if something happened to this wimp, the crystal wouldn't work. If someone harmed me in anyway, that would affect it, and if it was fatal, well lets say my crystal would be as useless as… Darien."
"Actually Serena, an ordinary stone has more use than Darien." Amy interjected. Reeny's eyes went wide for a moment, she hadn't thought of that.
"Well, you didn't need me to steal the crystal to realize that, if not for the sailors, you would have been dead long ago."
"Shut up Reeny!" All eyes turned to Darien. "You've done enough damage today. I guess you forgot whose saved you up to now!"
"D…Darien, you can't mean that?"
"You're not as innocent as I thought you were Reeny. You can't just take things that don't belong to you, even if you are trying to save your mother. We'll speak more about this at home. Lets go."
"Not so fast Darien! I need to be assured that my crystal is safe, especially with her being improperly watched." Serena looked at Luna, who in turn hung her head in shame.
"I don't know what to tell you Serena."
"That's a first, botanical garden doesn't have anything to say."
"I'll pick her up from school and have Luna watch her while I'm at work. I'm really sorry Serena."
"Tell me something I don't know Darien! Yes, you are sorry…and pathetic and…Rubeus, he's back! Transform! Amy scan a 400 meter radius, Artemis stay here I'll call if we need you."
"What about me?"
"You're not a soldier, you've always did your own thing. But I suggest you find someone 'capable' to watch the kid."
"Uh, Artemis could you watch Reeny until I get back."
'Princess is this o.k. with you?'
'I suppose, keep her in the gate, only those of the Silver Millennium can undo that spell'
"Ok Darien, I'll watch her. I want all of you to be careful."
"MERCURY STAR POWER"
"MARS STAR POWER"
"JUPITER STAR POWER"
"VENUS STAR POWER"
"MOON CRYSTAL POWER"
"We all have abilities dormant inside of us…believe in yourselves and you can attain them. Be careful, call me if you need me."
"Right Sailor Moon!" They all responded. The girls followed the screams of evacuating people and ended at a large playground. Several droids were scarring the children in the attempt to have Reeny to reveal herself.
"No! These are just innocent children. Mercury how much of an area can you cover and for how long?"
"I guess around 30 square feet for about 2 minutes, but I don't think that's long enough."
"Make it enough! They're at least 15 children out there with 5 droids. I'm going to draw them away while you get the children to safety."
"Sailor Moon, we can't just leave you alone!"
"This is not a topic for discussion Mars; it's an order! Now hurry, we've wasted enough time!"
SHABON SPRAY
The senshi began running through the mists gathering the frightened children, while Sailor Moon ran in the opposite direction.
"Hey you retards! If you wanted someone to play with you, you should have called me…I'd 'love' to play with you!"
"Well Sailor Moon, how kind of you to join in on our fun…DESTROY HER!" Rubeus shouted and the droids proceeded to follow her.
Meanwhile in the future, Sapphire noticed an increase in energy output while monitoring the Black Crystal indicator.
"Diamond come to the control room, immediately!"
"What is it Sapphire?"
"The input/output indicator is showing huge amounts of energy being drained from the Black Crystal. I wasn't aware that Rubeus was redoubling his efforts in the past."
"Neither was I; especially since I told him 'not' to do anything until I gave orders to. Endymion is showing Serenity how much he appreciates her without our interference."
"So are we changing strategy then?"
"The plan to obtain the Imperium Silver Crystal was just a diversion. I've done my research; only 'her' pure heart can control it. All the suffering Princess Serenity has endured is because of that egotistical prince of hers. We were banished because of him thus caused our people to be subjected to the influence of the Black Crystal and Nemesis. He has never truly realized the precious gift he has in her. And now I will give her all the things he never did."
"You love her brother?"
"Love, after all this time, I'm still able retain that emotion. Is this love; the want to take her from pain, the desire to hold her close to me, the joy to be with her? I guess I do, it just feels strange yet warm and complete…"
"Diamond! There's been another huge surge…he's doing something big!"
"Prepare the dimensional portal, we are going to the 20th century!"
"Enough with the warm-up, I'm ready to rumble!"
Sailor Moon said as she turned to face the droids. She was surrounded and was backed into the second droid by the first. The second droid grabbed her from behind restraining her arms out of reach of her scepter.
"So, you wanna dance huh?" Suddenly she appeared behind the droid that was holding her. "Hey UGLY!" The droid turned around shocked by the fact that Sailor Moon was behind him and still in his arms. "Lunar Kick!" Her boot connected with its face hurling it several feet from her. She vanished from that spot and rejoined her body. 'I forgot I used to do that.' She thought, by this time the others had gotten the children to safety.
'Believe in yourselves and your planetary abilities…'
Sailor Moon mentally spoke to the other sailors. At the same time, Rubeus decided to infuse the droids with more power in the final effort to put the senshi out of commission. Energy pulsed through his crystal receptor and caused the droids to grow larger and stronger.
"Uh Houston, I think we have a problem!" Mercury screamed after scanning the situation.
"What's that Mercury?"
"Regular attacks won't affect these droids!"
"How about the planetary attack?"
"Too risky and it takes to long to power up."
"Rubeus isn't joking this time guys, I guess this is our final showdown." As their conversation concluded, one of the droids blasted the senshi hitting Mercury and Mars and leaving Venus dazed.
"That's it!"
Screamed Jupiter as she positioned her hands like she was holding a bat. Her eyes blazed with sparks as words formed on her lips…
"Lighting…Sword."
A blade of pure lighting erupted from her clenched fists as she steadied her stance on the ground. She rotated the sword and pointed it at one of the droids and it was electrocuted and vanished.
"Now 'that's' what I'm talking about!"
Jupiter exclaimed, not wanting to be outdone and seeking retribution, Mars stood with her eyes close, chanting softly. She held her hands with palms up and fire pooled and swirled in them. Suddenly she called out.
"Fire…Stars"
Ninja-like stars flew out of her hands and cut and burned into the droid until an unidentifiable mass was left. Mercury watched the onslaught of her teammates and noticed that Venus was in danger of being attacked. She staggered to her feet.
"Venus, look out!"
Her shout alerted Venus and spoiled the surprise of the droid. It decided to take it's revenge out on Mercury and charged at her. Mercury's hands began to shake from her sides, not from fear, but from the pooling of her power. She raised her arms, crossing them at the wrists slightly above her head.
"Ice…Daggers"
From her hands grew two daggers with side prongs, crossing them at the hilt ice shot forth freezing the droid in mid sprint. When she uncrossed them, the vibration caused the ice to crack and break into many pieces. Mercury stared in disbelief.
"Did I do that?"(yes Urkel you did)
"Whoa Mercury, I didn't know you could be so HARDCORE!"
Exclaimed Jupiter. Meanwhile, Sailor Moon had the remaining two droids still chasing her.
"Hey lets play hide and seek!"
She shouted as she vanished from in front of the droids. She appeared in a nearby tree and planned their demise. She got pre-occupied watching the others finish off their droids.
'I knew you could do it if you believed in yourselves. Venus, are you ok?'
'Huh Princess, where are you?'
'Playing hide and seek with the remaining two uglies over there, boy are they stupid. But you didn't answer my question."
'I'm fine, just got the wind knocked out of me.'
'Hey, do me a favor.'
'What's up?'
'In case something happens…I need you and Artemis to cover for me, ok?'
'What are you talking about, nothings going to happen to you!'
'Just promise me, Amora.'
'Yes, Serenity.'
'Heads up, two o'clock.'
Venus looked to see one of the Droids heading her way, but unbeknownst to her and Moon, Rubeus teleported the fifth droid directly under the tree in which Moon was hiding. Tuxedo had arrived and decided to stay put for most of the battle on a nearby fire escape.
'All of them have increased their powers and I still have a rose, a steel tipped one, but just a rose nevertheless.'
While he was having this thought, he felt the jolt that alerted him to possible danger for Moon and he began to sprint towards her. Venus also felt the probable danger for her princess and looked towards her. Sailor Moon just winked.
'Believe in yourself Venus.'
'I won't let you down princess.'
"Light…Saber!"
From Venus' raised fist grew a beam of orange light. She charged towards the droid and sliced it in half. Out of the rising dust, Venus looked up to see Moon smiling at her. Dumbfounded by the entire situation, Tuxedo Mask retreated to the shelter of the trees.
"Enough playing Rubeus, I'm ending this now!"
"No! I won't fail! I will have that kid and the Silver Crystal!"
"In your dreams, I will 'never' let you win Rubeus!"
"Big words Sailor Moon, but how tough are you without your guards?"
"Is that a challenge, what are the odds?"
"Oh, so we can show backbone, my odds…you win, I leave and return to my planet. But…"
"But?"
"If I win, I get the crystal!"
"You're on!"
"Sailor Moon he can't be trusted, don't risk the Silver Crystal!" Mars shouted.
"It ends now Mars, whatever happens, he will leave us in peace."
"It's too dangerous. Sailor Moon please let us help you!" Jupiter begged.
"Trust me." She replied winking at Mercury
"Guys, lets believe in her, she always believes in us." 'Besides, she has a plan.'
Mercury said as she joined the others. The all nodded in recognition after a few seconds, knowing what she had in mind. Tuxedo Mask stood in shock. In his opinion, Moon had lost her mind and drove the others into the same state of madness.
'She can barely take care of herself, now she is going to single-handedly defend the crystal. It seems I'm the only one who's thinking straight. I must prevent this mistake from happening; I'll just have to take it from her.'
Mask advanced towards the impending battle and waited.
'It's going to be hard to leave with the crystal, but I know now it was for the best to listen to those dreams. She is incapable of cognitive thinking or handling a serious situation with maturity.'
High above Rubeus formed a massive ball of energy and flung it at Moon. She dodged it easily and landed with all the grace and sophistication of a Lunar Princess.
"Is that the best you can do? Well…my turn!"
Sailor Moon raised her arms forward with her fists upturned.
"Silver…"
She opened her left hand and a silver sphere of light appeared.
"Crescent…"
She repeated the same motion with her right and achieved the same result. The lights then morphed and formed two identical crescents. She crossed her arms and at the same time released them and flew on the opposite sides of Rubeus.
'Damn, can't she do anything right, that attack was totally off!'
Mask thought with fire in his eyes as he began to further his advance. He then noticed the crescents boomeranged around Rubeus and revolved at such speed that he was stunned. Trails of sparkling silver dust swirled down his entire length.
"ENTWINE!"
Sailor Moon completed the attack, the dust solidified and became bands of silver rope that bound Rubeus up like a Christmas goose. Moon quickly pulled her scepter from her sub-space pocket, determined to finish this nuisance.
"Moon…"
"No, I won't let you destroy me!"
"Princess…"
"Power, I need more power!"
Black smoke surrounded him as he absorbed the black crystal's power in order to break free of the bindings.
"Halation!"
At the last second, the rope exploded and he barely escaped the deadly blow.
"You…you tried to kill me! Oh, you think you're so clever! You want to see power? I'll show you 'real' power!"
The fifth droid that was still cowering behind the dumpster suddenly appeared beside Rubeus. At the attentive stares of those present, Rubeus merged with the droid. This resulted in an increase in strength and size. Moon looked at him with a bit of uncertainty.
'Artemis, you know what to do; I will always return.'
"Serenity, what are you saying" He screamed, startling Luna and Reeny.
'Take care of them Artemis…'
"Serena…Sailor Moon no, Noooooooooo!"
"Well, well Sailor Moon, you didn't know I could do this!"
Rubeus had grown to at least 8 feet and his sickly chalk completion was now an unimaginable shade of green.
"Eww, I wished you picked a better looking droid to merge with."
"What!"
"Well you weren't the cutest thing to start out with, now your just beyond ugly!"
"Say what you want, the crystal will be mine!"
"Diamond, the portals are ready and we must hurry, Rubeus has merged with a droid!"
"What! He knows how unstable that is; if he hurts her…"
"Don't brother, lets go!"
Rubeus threw a shadowy arm at Moon that wrapped her up like a snake. He began to squeeze her and she turned red from the pressure.
"You can't do anything now Sailor Moon. If any of the sailors comes near, I will pop you like a melon…now, give me the crystal!"
"No…you're cheating…you…haven't…won."
Rubeus applied more pressure and she screamed while her ribs started to give way to the strain.
"STOP! Let her go Rubeus!" Jupiter shouted.
"No, stay where you are! I. Will. Kill. Her! Let's up the stakes shall we; either give me the crystal…or I'll kill your friends!"
As he finished his statement, shadow creatures appeared and attacked the remaining senshi, draining their energy.
"No…leave them…out of…this…let them…GO!"
"It's your choice, what means more to you?"
"I…surrender."
"Finally! I will be all powerful, I will rule the Dark Moon!"
He let the slightly weakened girls go and loosened the grip on Moon.
"Give it to me!"
Moon lowered her head in defeat and proceeded to call the crystal from her broach.
"Here, take it and leave!"
She extended her arm behind her and before he grabbed it…[PING] A rose flew throw the air and imbedded itself in Rubeus' hand and the crystal fell to the waiting hands of Tuxedo Mask.
"How could you be so stupid? I can't believe the fate of the universe belongs in your hands! You almost sacrificed the planet to save your friends! I can't believe you are the lunar heir? You are unworthy of the lineage of the Silver Millennium and unfit to bare the same Serenity!
Everyone looked to him incredulously; even Rubeus was dumbfounded by that revelation since he was under the impression that Sailor Moon wasn't in the future. To him, this explained a lot and he halted his revenge waiting on the outcome of this spat.
"I. Hate. You. Darien!" If not for the jealousy of your people, my mother would still be alive! No wonder your generals sold their souls to the Dark Kingdom. I would rather serve Beryl than you anyday!"
Tuxedo Mask blinked several times as he processed that unknown information. By this time Rubeus had grown impatient.
"Enough with the warm and fuzzy moments…someone helped you so you will die!"
He tightened the coils around her once more and shot up higher in the sky. Her screams pierced the atmosphere while Mask tightened his hold on the crystal and ran off.
"That bastard stole the crystal and ran off!" Mars screamed. "This is all his fault and he didn't try to help her, after all she's done for him! We got to save her!"
"Fire Stars!"
"Ice Dagger!"
"Lighting Sword!"
"Light Saber!"
"GUARDIAN PLANETS ATTACK"
This attack stemmed from the senshi natural abilities was hurled towards Rubeus. As it hit him, he released Sailor Moon and vanished. Moon was too weak to protect herself or to slow the speed of her descent.
"Shine Snow Illusion!"
A blizzard shot from Mercury's hands towards the sky and solidified into a column of ice.
"Sailor Moon grab on!"
Moon steered herself to the column and roughly grabbed on and dug her boots in the ice to slow her descent. When Rubeus vanished, the droid he was merged to detached and appeared behind the column of ice. He was unseen by the girls but Tuxedo Mask, who was still hiding, saw him. The droid was still too afraid to do anything but Mask assumed he was up to something.
'He's going to break the ice!'
He formed a rose and threw it toward the droid, who at the same time decided he had a better chance of survival back home, disappeared. The rose continued on its path and stuck the ice instead. The tip dug deep into the structure and fractures grew from all sides of it and raced upwards. The ice began to break and fall apart under Moon who still had about another 20 foot to go. The girls scrambled to catch their princess and suddenly a black hole appeared under her and she fell in.
-End Chapter-
Oh no! Where has Sailor Moon gone? And just how stupid can Tuxedo Mask get? Since when has he become so irrational, attacking that poor droid as it was trying to hide? What do you think is going to happen to him and Serena now? Is this the end of Tuxedo Mask? Will Reeny become the latest attraction at the Tokyo Zoo? Will the droid find the wizard and make it home. Tune in to this station for the next action filled chapter of…A TANGENT IN THE FUTURE!
Hey, Dove here, I just wanted to thank you in advance for REWIEWING MY STORY. I also wanted to let you know the weapons used by the girls are of my creation! I was inspired by this game called Claw where the hero has the use of an ice, fire and lightening swords. I took this and incorporated my own imagination and produced these weapons. Also Amora, is my princess name for Venus. You may see the other princess names used in other works or other chapters, but they are mine!!! Some of the attacks are actual attacks from the manga while others are a division of manga attacks used for other people. I hope you are enjoying this and I know, Darien is extremely out of character, but he will get worse [SPOILER ALERT]. I already know how this will end; it's just the case of me writing to it. Well I must go; I'm finishing the editing for a third submission.
Ja ne!