Author's Notes: I never noted this before, but thanks to Nukumi for the review! Another thing, paragraphs in italics is a flashback...I think I noted that in the last chapter, meh.
Disclaimer: *feeds the Sailor Moon copyrights to the dog* ......you didn't see that!
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Episode 2: Recollections
Chapter 5 - Unwanted Visitor
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Usagi led Kori to Rei's temple, where Kori would attend her first 'scout' meeting. She was rather nervous, although she already knew half the people there. She wondered what this meeting would concern. Probably her arrival as a new senshi and the team's new enemy, whoever it was.
Kori looked to Usagi nervously, "Are we almost there yet?"
Usa nodded vigorously, "Of course! Everyone is excited to meet you, you know. They all want to meet this new senshi."
Usa led Kori up the massive flight of steps up to the temple and pulled back the screen door, letting Kori go in first. The two made themselves comfortable around the small table centered in the room. All the others were situated around it also, all except Minako and Artemis.
Rei looked around restlessly, "Where the hell is Minako and that damn cat?"
Mamoru looked at her and shrugged helplessly. He knew as much as everyone else, which was pretty much none.
Rei crossed her arms and looked fed up, "We can't start the meeting without her, you know!"
"We know Rei, just calm down she should be here soon," replied Greg softly.
Kori looked to her left but to find Chad looking at her suspiciously. He had been absent during the restaurant incident, and was wondering who she was and what she was doing there. He looked at Luna questionably and pointed his thumb in Kori's direction. "Who's she?" he simply stated.
Kori looked at him rudely. He could have just asked her...
Luna looked to Kori recklessly and then to Chad. "We'll explain it to you when Mina and Artemis get here Chad, don't worry. Whenever that is..." Luna sighed. She was getting impatient and wanted to start the meeting. As she waited she continued to groom herself, licking the filth away.
A few moments later Mina burst through the door with Artemis in her arms. "Sorry I'm late!" she expressed, taking breaths between words, "I was busy in some photo shoots and - "
"Mina-chan just cut to the chase and sit down already!" shouted Rei impatiently.
Mina sat down hastily beside Antonio as Artemis preceded to take his spot next to Luna. Minako looked to Antonio with a stunning grin, and he draped his arm around her shoulders, bending his head down slightly so she could whisper in his ear. Mina giggled to whatever his inaudible words had been.
Kori rolled her eyes and looked to Usagi, who was also busy with Mamoru to notice anything else. She sighed recklessly and looked to Luna. "Can we start now?" she asked.
Luna nodded and looked to Usagi, scratching her knee to get her attention.
Usagi looked up with alert, scratching her knee and complaining with contempt. Luna motioned to Kori, who sat there silently, waiting to be introduced. Usagi's face lit up. "Oh yeah! Sorry Kori. Alright, let's get started now that Minako's here." Usa stood up quickly, letting all the blood go to her head. She stood there dazed for a moment and continued with her speech, "Guys, for those of you who don't know this is Kori, otherwise known as Sailor Krypton. Apparently there was another senshi out there, and she was it!" Usa motioned to Kori as she spoke.
The other senshi and knights cheered for her, and she felt her face fill with red. "You guys can just call me Kori, alright?" she said nervously.
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"I must send someone out after that damn girl again....but who? I need someone who will actually be able to get the job done this time..." thought a dark haired man out loud. Varisite scratched his chin. The demons he had available were okay, but with all those senshi around he couldn't be too sure. He could always send more than one. He was about to call his slaves, but stopped at the sound of footprints echoing behind him.
"I'll do it for you Varisite..." said the seductive voice.
"Good evening, Citrine," said Varisite to the woman without turning his head to even look at her. "How are you on this dismal day? Why would you of all people want to help me?" he asked, choosing his words carefully.
Citrine crossed her long arms in front of her, insulted that he had to ask her such a question. "What's wrong with helping someone?" she replied, walking closer to his turned back. "I could help those stupid Sailor Brats if I wished, but for both our sakes I won't," she whispered in his ear.
Varisite turned slowly to look at the tall orange-haired woman in front of him. She stood even taller than he did. He smoothly watched her play with her short-cut hair, and stared into her red eyes. "Fine...if you think you can handle it, get rid of those senshi and get that girls Pure Energy Crystal," he said, pointing into his pool of darkness, watching the image of the raven and platinum haired girl appear with a wisp of smoke.
Citrine nodded her slim face and faded into the darkness.
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"So, who do you think it was that attacked the restaurant a few nights ago?" Ken asked the group around him.
Rei looked at him stupidly. "The Negaverse you flat face! Who else would it be? Duh!" came the enthusiasm from Rei's mouth.
Ken looked at the table, "Oh yeah, that..." He still wasn't used to this whole 'Evil Negaverse' ordeal. He was still new to this himself. He turned to Makoto and she smiled broadly, which relaxed him for the current moment.
"Uh...what's the Negaverse?" asked Kori nervously. She didn't want Rei to yell at her, too. After all, she really didn't know. Everyone looked at her dully, and she shrunk down in her spot under their gaze. Luna turned to her and explained. She explained Beryl and the Moon Kingdom and everything they had encountered up to the past couple days. Kori nodded finally in understanding. Now at least she knew what she was fighting to a certain degree.
Kori looked to Rei with a strange look on her face. She felt something...as if something was coming. She didn't recognize the feeling very well. The only other time she had felt it was at the restaurant. She scrunched up her nose. Rei looked to her as well. She obviously felt it as well. "Uh...Rei? What is that?" she asked.
"It's the Negaverse Kori. You're lucky to be able to feel it. We better get outside and find out what's going on," explained Rei carefully.
Kori nodded her in understanding. She knew now.
The group ran outside the temple. It had suddenly gotten very dark, and large rain clouds covered the once-blue sky. It gave off a very ominous feeling...
"Give me your Energy Crystal and I will save your life. Your friends unfortunately, are going to have to die," came a shrill voice from the darkness. The senshi spun around, trying to locate the location of the speaker. However, none of them could pinpoint her.
Kori's eyes scanned the darkness. A flash of orange caught her eye and she ducked as a huge ball of energy hurtled in their direction. "Heads up!" she yelled, spinning to her left and ducking to avoid the dark matter sweeping over her head. Fortunately everyone caught her exclamation in time and ducked, avoiding it altogether.
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Luke reached into his pocket but to remember he had the stone from the night before. He took it out and examined it. Oddly, it was glowing a bright grey colour and glittering madly. He held it in his palm with awe. It was perfectly oval in shape. Luke reached his finger out to touch it, and it started to rattle vigorously. Before he knew what had happened, the stone had started to levitate and it shot out of his hand and flew in the direction of the temple downtown. Luke stood there, shocked. His feet started to lift, and he ran after it as his instincts told him to.
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Kori's eyes had now adjusted to the dark. She saw a woman floating, yes, as in levitating above ground. Kori's mouth dropped. The woman had short cut hair and was very tall. Her eyes was what caught her attention. They were bright red and seemed to glow in the darkness surrounding her. The woman looked truly evil. Kori's finger lifted to point at her. "Look," she muttered. The group of soldiers turned to where was she pointing and saw the woman.
Usagi took out her brooch. "I think it's time that we prepare for a battle..." She lifted the brooch in the air, and the senshi behind her proceeded by raising up their henshin sticks. The group of teenagers were engulfed in reds, blues, and other various colours of light as they transformed. The light was so bright Citrine had to shield her eyes. When the light died away, the soldiers were left standing in their uniforms, prepared and charged for battle.
Citrine took a step back, realizing she was outnumbered. Varisite had known this would happen! He had to have known! And yet he sent her out here anyhow. 'That inconsiderate bastard,' she thought, 'I'll show you.' Citrine scowled and prepared to charge up for an attack.
Sailor Krypton stepped forward. "Who are you and what do you want with me?!" she cried.
"Oh me? My dear, I am Citrine. I'm here for that Pure Energy Crystal that belongs to me," replied the orange-haired woman with a shrill laugh.
Sailor Krypton clenched up her fists. She was pissed. "Was it you who attacked me then? Was it you that hurt my friends and tried to hurt me as well?!" she yelled angrily.
Citrine motioned her hand in front of her with an abrupt laugh, "Oh that wasn't me. That was all Varisite's doing. He was the one who sent that demon after you." Citrine crossed her arms in front of her.
Ami tapped her finger to her chin. Pure Energy Crystals, Varisite, and Citrine? This woman was obviously stupid enough to reveal this information to them.
"Then why are you after me?" questioned Sailor Krypton.
"Uh...I'm also here for the crystal. Just call it a favour for Varisite" said Citrine mockingly.
"So in other words, you're doing his dirty work for him," retorted Tuxedo Kamen with a chuckle. This woman was a joke.
Citrine's face grew red, matching her hair and eyes. She was thankful no one could notice due to the darkness around her. The fact that they were insulting her however, made her very angry. Her temper matched the colour of her eyes. A ball of dark energy formed in her hand, and she tossed is furiously at Tuxedo Kamen. He saw it coming from the nick of his eye, and covered himself with his cape.
"Sparkling Wide Pressure!"
The disk of compressed electricity flew toward the dark energy and collided with it, making it dissolve into thin air. Tuxedo Kamen let out a sigh of relief and Sailor Moon ran to him to see if he was okay. That thing had been big enough to even kill him. He nodded to Sailor Jupiter with thanks and she simply saluted him with ease.
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Luke ran down the street after the stone. Out of nowhere, it stopped abruptly and Luke almost ran into it. He stopped also and held the stone in his hand. It turned to his left slowly, pointing to something in the dark. His eyes focused slowly as he strained to see. He saw twelve people and two cats standing in the courtyard of the temple.
Suddenly a huge disk of dark energy hurtled in his direction. Before it reached him however, another disk of bright light was tossed in it's direction and both disappeared into the darkness. The light emanating from the disk had given off enough light for him to temporarily see. The people were wearing strange sailor uniforms. He watched as a blonde-haired girl ran towards a man on his knees and he nodded to her, signalling he was alright. What was going on? This all seemed so familiar to him. He felt as if he should have been with them, his instincts told him to. But for now, he ignored his instincts and hid in the bushes.
He looked down at the stone in his hand. It was giving off even more light than it had been before.
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"Time to get down to business!" shouted Sailor Mars excitedly.
"Jupiter Lightning Sword!" yelled Jupiter Knight. He ran towards her, stopping right before her and slashing his sword. Lightning bolts shot from the sword and hurtled towards Citrine.
Citrine waved off the attack and watched evilly as it swung back at Jupiter Knight.
His jaw dropped as he saw his own attack coming his way and dodged out of the way, just barely missed getting hit. He gapped, "How on Earth did she do that?"
Citrine let out a mad, shrill laugh. Sailor Mars cracked her fingers and took it as an advantage. "Fire Soul Bird!"
Citrine quit her laughing when she noticed the large wave of fire resembling a bird flying her way. However, it was too late for her to dodge it. She took a direct hit to her left arm. She screamed in pain. "You burnt me!!" she howled. She held out her hands in front of her. She concentrated and a large purple bubble formed between her hands. She looked up with a maniacal gleam in her eyes and threw it at Sailor Mars.
Sailor Mars shielded herself with her arms but was suprised when she felt no pain. When she opened her eyes she was in a large dome. She pounded on the walls, but to no avail.
Before they knew it, Sailor Jupiter and Jupiter Knight went flying into the dome as well. They were trapped. Sailor Jupiter rubbed her eyes and looked at Sailor Mars. She was starting to feel very tired. She started to slump on the ground along with the others contained within the dome.
"No...can't, fall...asleep..." said Jupiter Knight as he struggled to keep awake.
Sailor Moon panicked and put her fingers to her tiara, ready to send it out at any minute. Sailor Mercury held her hands out in front of her friend. "She'll just dome you like the others."
Sailor Moon lowered her hand and nodded.
Luna paced back and forth while the others fought. Suddenly she thought of something. She pranced over to Sailor Venus and motioned for her to bend down.
Sailor Venus bent down as Luna whispered something into her ear. "You think it'll work..?" asked Sailor Venus quietly. Luna nodded, and Sailor Venus nodded in return.
"Hey you! Slimehead!" shouted Sailor Venus as she ran out in front of Citrine to the side, "Want a piece of me?! Come and get it!" Sailor Venus stuck out her tongue and ran off, Citrine following her.
Citrine glared at her menacingly. She powered up to attack the blonde-haired beauty.
"Moon Spiral Heart Attack!"
"Bombshell Blaster!"
Citrine spun around quickly to see the combined attack coming and blocked it. Even though she had tried to block it, it was too powerful and it knocked her to the ground. She spat out blood. She scowled and got back on her feet slowly. The Sailor Soldier's mouths dropped in awe.
"Incredible..." muttered Sailor Mercury.
Tuxedo Kamen was brace and tossed a rose at her.
Citrine screamed as it scratched her burn, as it slowly turned into a crazy laugh. "That all you fucking got!?" she shouted, "That was pathetic!"
Tuxedo Kamen looked at the ground with embarrassment.
"But you...you are going to pay for what you did!" yelled Citrine, pointing at Sailor Moon and Sailor Krypton. Citrine held her hands out to her sides as her eyes started to glow and her hair levitate. Everything within a meter of her began to fly into the air.
Various rocks flew in their direction. Sailor Krypton dodged to the side but Sailor Moon was hit repeatedly with objects. She yelped in pain. "Owie..." she moaned as Tuxedo Kamen helped her up.
Citrine looked at Sailor Krypton with a sly smile. She thrust her hands out at everyone she could see angrily, sending them flying backwards into the dome behind them. Sailor Mercury and Sailor Krypton were the only ones able to evade the attack.
"Now what do we do?" cried Sailor Krypton helplessly. She tossed her hands up in the air to prove her point.
Sailor Mercury shrugged, "I don't know, but we'll just have to hold on until we can figure out what to do to get the others out." She looked over the the dome. All their friends had passed out. She looked to Citrine, she was starting to stalk towards them.
"Shabon Spray!" yelled Sailor Mercury, filling the air with mist. Sailor Mercury grabbed Sailor Krypton's wrist and pulled her behind the temple walls, out of sight. She took out her mini computer and tugged on her ear ring, which activated her visor. She entered information into the mini computer as Sailor Krypton kept an eye out for Citrine.
Eventually, the computer beeped. "According to this, anyone can kill her. Obviously, she can use attacks to capture her enemies or reflect their attacks. She's also telekinetic, but only when she gets really pissed."
Sailor Krypton nodded, they already knew all of that. Was there any way of defeating her, though?
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Luke sat still, watching the battle from the bushes by the entrance of the temple. Now there was only two of the soldiers left, and they had disappeared into a thick fog along with the orange-haired woman. He was starting to worry for them. What would happen if that woman won? Undoubtedly, she would kill them all. She had powers like he had never seen before. Then again, so did the other people. Hers however, were far beyond theirs. She was even telekinetic!
Luke looked down at the stone in his palm. It was glowing very bright now. When he mentally told it to stop it glowed brighter, which was very strange. It was almost as if it could hear his thoughts...
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Sailor Krypton peered around the corner of the building again, noticing that the fog had cleared. Citrine was whirling around in fury.
"Where did you go!? I know you're out there! It's useless to hide from me because I will find you!" she yelled.
Sailor Krypton sighed and looked to the entrance of the temple. From the shadows within the bushes there was a glowing, bright light. She fell back, going unconscious.
She looked up at the great stone palace. The beautiful marble walls were being blown to rubble. She looked away painfully. She could not stand to watch her home be blown to dust. She looked on towards the battlefield. Her people were trying their hardest to defend their land, but it was no use. They were losing miserably. The Negaverse was just too powerful. It's soldiers were too mutated. They attacked as if Krypton had no defences whatsoever.
A tear rolled down her cheek and her lip wavered. She bit it to prevent herself from breaking down completely. It was a habit she had when she was upset. Biting her lip seemed to calm her down somewhat. Her mother had always told her she would destroy her beautiful lips, but she never listened. Another tear rolled down her cheek as she remembered her family. They were all gone now, slaughtered by Queen Beryl herself. Princess Kori was the only one to escape and survive. It was all thanks to her guardian...her knight in shining armour.
A hand grabbed her arm from behind which pulled her to it's owner. She turned around slowly.
"Princess, we must leave for the Moon Kingdom at once. If we remain here, we will only die. If you die...there will be no one to fill the whole in my heart, or anyone to rule our kingdom once we have won the war."
She looked up to the man holding her. "Do you seriously think we are going to win the war...? How foolish you are," she said softly.
The man looked to his feet. "I am sorry your Highness, I only wish for your safety."
The Princess nodded. She looked to her guardian lovingly. Like all of the other Knights, he wore the Knight uniform and cape. His uniform was silver with black trimmings. The inside of his cape was black. At his hips hung a great sword. The sword itself seemed to glitter in the light, and although it was made from ancient stones and marbles, it was as sharp as a guillotine and as strong as an ox. His hand rested on the beautifully crafted silver hilt.
"Just...just let me do one more thing to help my people," she pleaded. She stared up into his cerulean blue eyes, which were filled with exhaustion and sadness. The Knight nodded in reply.
She unfolded her right hand to reveal the Krypton Crystal.
"But Princess-" the Knight protested.
The Princess held up her hand to silence him by placing it slenderly over his lips.
The Knight understood and bowed his head.
The Princess held the crystal above her head, and it started to float above her. She muttered words only audible to herself, and a bright light shot from the crystal. The Knight covered his eyes with his hand. The light was bright enough to blind somebody. When the light faded, a beautiful maiden was left standing in the Princess' place. Of course it was the princess, just in the form of a powerful warrior. Her eyes had glazed over to a white, and she prepared for her attack.
The Knight stood behind her silently. He knew perfectly well what would happen to her if her plan didn't work. He sighed sadly.
The Maiden raised her staff above her, and yelled in a language only known to herself. A bright light rushed over the battlefield around her, and more than half of her enemies fell dead. She lowered her staff and turned to her guardian. her strength gave out and with a flash of light, was back in the form of her normal self. The Knight helped her to her feet, and they rushed away quickly, not looking back.
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Luke opened his eyes slowly. Was that...a dream? He wasn't too sure. But he knew one thing for sure, he had to do something to help Sailor Krypton. He stood up slowly and stepped out of the bushes with the shining stone in his hand.
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"Kori! Kori!! KORI!? Can you hear me?" said Sailor Mercury desperately.
Sailor Krypton snapped back into reality. Sailor Mercury had resorted to using her actual name she had been so out of it. That dream...it had seemed like she was actually there. But she remembered now...what she had to do. She looked to Sailor Mercury with a firm expression. "Mercury, I know what I have to do," she said. Sailor mercury simply replied with an uneasy nod.
They both stood up. Sailor Krypton strode out into the courtyard calmly.
Sailor Mercury followed, unsure if what they were doing was a good idea. "Uh...are you sure this is a good idea?" she whispered to Krypton. Sailor Krypton nodded.
"Ha! So you decided to come back out and play, eh?" laughed Citrine.
The soldiers stood there silently. Citrine got bored and thrust her hands at the both of them. Sailor Mercury went flying into the dome, but Sailor Krypton managed to dodge out of the way. Citrine scowled and concentrated on a wide-scale attack. She thrust her hands outwards toward Krypton, and a wide spread energy attack hurtled towards her.
There was no way she was going to dodge that...Krypton swallowed hard and closed her eyes tight. Instead of feeling the extreme pain she was expecting, she felt arms going around her and a cape flying over her head. She looked down to her side to find a sword delicately carved from ancient stones and marbles. She looked up with shock to find the last person she expected flinch with pain as the energy blast hit him from behind.
"L-Luke?!" said Sailor Krypton with shock written all over her face.
Luke looked down at her and smiled. Of course he knew who it was, and he was going to do anything in his power to protect her. "Just call me the Krypton Knight," he said with a smirk.
The pair looked down at Krypton Knight's hand. The stone was levitating in his palm, and was glowing as bright as ever. It shot out of his hand and floated between them.
"What?! What's going on?! Who are you!" yelled a panicking Citrine.
They ignored her and focused on the stone in front of them.
Citrine was furious that they were ignoring her and attacked both of them. The attack of energy just simply bounced off of them, as if there was a force field produced by the stone. The energy hurtled back towards Citrine and it hit her dead on. She screamed with pain.
The stone flowed even more brighter, and they had to cover their eyes to protect them from the light. When the light faded, the stone floated alongside a beautiful crystal. The crystal had no colour, but within the crystal itself there seemed to be a grey mist that sparkled if you looked hard enough.
The stone floated back into the hand of Krypton Knight and the crystal landed in Sailor Krypton's. As soon as it was in her hands she knew what she had to do. She raised it above her head, and it began to float above her. She muttered words only audible to herself, and a bright light shot out of the crystal. When the light faded, the legendary Maiden stood in Sailor Krypton's place.
The mouths of the ones around her dropped. She was wearing a shimmering pale silver dress, held up by criss-crossing straps along her back. Underneath the silver were layers upon layers of shiny white chiffon. On her arms were pearl-white satin gloves, and on her head was a golden tiara. In her hand she held a magnificent staff, where the crystal was embedded into the base.
Citrine glared at her uneasily. She had heard of this before...from Queen Beryl back in the day. She would have fled, but she need that Pure Energy Crystal!
"What you and your allies are doing is wrong, Citrine. Make sure you relay message to him if you live," said the Maiden softly. The memories the royal family of her past flooded to her, and she was easily angered.
She slammed the staff into the ground and yelled in an unknown language.
Citrine's mouth dropped in horror as her body was enveloped in light. She felt her body begin to erode, but she fought the urge until the light faded. Citrine fell to the ground, gasping for breath. She coughed and blood sputtered out of her mouth. She was not done yet, though. She charged at the Maiden before her and thrust her hand into her chest. Her fingers wrapped around the energy crystal and she pulled out viciously. Citrine's knees gave way. Her hands were clasped around the energy crystal tightly, and she let out an evil laugh as she disappeared into thin air. The dome disappeared and the soldiers slowly awoke, rushing to the Maiden's side when they did.
The Maiden fell to her knees and let out a cry of pain. A bright light emitted from her body and when it faded she was left in her normal attire. Luke (now demorphed also) ran to Kori's side. She was lying unconscious on the ground. He picked her up in his arms and carefully placed her head in his lap.
"Is she...dead?" asked Usagi weakly.
Luke checked her pulse, praying to god that she wasn't. He let out a sigh of relief when he felt her heart beating strongly. "She's alive, but she's unconscious." Luke was terrified. What if she was in a coma? He started to panic.
Luna jumped onto Kori's chest and she remained still. Luna looked up at look with concern in her beady eyes. "Luke, why don't you take her home. Give us a call if you need anything," she said, tossing him a communictor.
Luke's mouth dropped. First floating stones, evil women, magic powers, and now a talking cat? Thi swas turning out to be one crazy day. Luke simply nodded to the black cat with a crescent on her forehead and took the communicator, stuffing it in his pocket.
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Citrine appeared on the black floor of the abyss in front of Varisite. Varisite looked down and took pity upon the beat up orange-haired women at his feet. She held up the crystal for him to see. He studied it with a maddening grin on his face. "Good work Citrine..." he said. He looked down to where Citrine had been, but she was gone. All that left of her was a pool of blood where she had faded into nothing. Varisite shook his head.
"That fool took her life just for you Varisite," came a voice from the darkness. Varisite turned the the voice and and they smiled evilly in unison.
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Whoo, that was a long one. My back is killing me from hovering over my notes! I hope that was good enough for you. I did a good job with updating twice in one day, yah? Expect the next chapter up soon.