After an extremely long hiatus, I have picked up my pen again. I would like to thank some new friends that have introduced me to the world of torrents, thus allowing me to finally view "Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon". That coupled with being able to download the 'R' movie to DVD (I have it on VHS) and finding vol. 11 of the Manga, I've been able to re-saturate myself back into Sailor Moon. As I write my intro notes, I'm listening to "C'est la vie" from the PGSM soundtrack!
Thank you for your patience with me for this long delay. I didn't know it was so long since I updated this story. Actually I plan to submit several works today (crosses fingers). I hope you enjoy. Please review.
Can Love That's Lost Be FoundBy Crystaldove
Chapter 18
Serena and Darien were taking a break from their afternoon training when their senses alerted them to danger. Darien grabbed her hand for reassurance and touched the ground. For a few moments he probed the area until he realized what was happening.
"It's the Black Moon isn't it? They've stepped up their plans."
He nodded at her statement but said nothing for a few more moments. Ocean eyes opened with fury and he pulled Serena close to him. "I'm sensing at least a dozen droids and Rube has an accomplice this time."
"That many, do you think we can handle it?"
"If the Black Moon thinks that they can take my planet, they have another thing coming!"
Serena smiled and blushed as Darien embraced her for a light kiss. "No matter what happens, I love you Serena Tsukino."
"Darien, why are you saying that… like something is going to happen to us?"
"Never put off tomorrow what you can do or say today. I love you. I will keep telling you until I take my last breath…"
Tears welled up in her eyes as she smiled at him. "I love you to Darien."
Raye sat meditating before the great fire, as her concentration deepened; she felt the presence of the Dark Moon. She quickly summoned the others to site of a new building and quickly departed. Luna tried to contact Serena from Amy's communicator but all she received was static.
When the girls arrived, they didn't see Serena or Darien anywhere. However what they did see was about 10 droids attacking various people.
"Did you bring enough droids this time?"
The girls turned to the voice and saw Sailor Moon casually leaning against a lone tree.
"Sailor Moon, I see you showed up!"
"Now Rubeus, why wouldn't I come to your little party?"
"Oh, you've grown a backbone 'princess' but it's too late this isn't a party, not this time. And this won't be a practice run either…this is the final game!"
His lungs filled with air as he released a mighty laugh that increased in pitch and volume. The girls covered their ears thinking he had finally succumbed to madness when Moon's eyes narrowed. She scanned the area as she looked for the accomplice that Darien mentioned.
"Ever the perceptive one Moon brat…I'm not alone!"
A delicate brow rose, "Duh, I can smell that cheap perfume from here."
"Cheap perfume, you little moon bitch! I ought to kill you on the spot!" Screamed a voice as a portal opened and green-haired woman stepped out enraged.
"I'd like to see you try!" Moon stated as she walked forward. "It's apparent they don't have manners where you're from. You know who I am but I know nothing about you."
The woman's eyes burned with hatred and malice as she responded. "Much obliged to grant your final request, I am Emerald of the Black Moon. And I'm the one that will kill you!"
"It's not like we haven't heard that before…" All eyes shifted to the man standing on top of the fence outlining the site. He jumped down and stood beside Sailor Moon.
"Tux…Tuxedo Mask? What are you doing here?"
"Why Rubeus, this is my planet, you really think I wouldn't be here?"
"But…but you're out of the picture!"
"I'd check my sources if I were you…even your misguided eyes can see that I'm here by Sailor Moon's side."
A low growl escaped his mouth. There went the plan of divide and conquer that Diamond insisted would prevail. Now he had both royals to contend with. He was slightly afraid, but his pride wouldn't allow him to back down.
"Well no matter, I can kill all of you at once. Saves me from looking for you later…then Earth will belong to us."
"Over my dead body!"
"That's exactly how we want it. Emerald, if you please…"
Emerald pasted an insane smile on her face. She had her droids surround the Senshi during their verbal exchange. At Rubeus' insistence she dropped a black crystal earring. Once it hit the ground it exploded.
Everyone scattered but the inners received injures that rendered them useless at the moment. Tux and Moon looked at each other and separated. The girls tried to move out of the way of the fight but noticed they were surrounded by the droids.
Mercury sensed movement in her visor and turned slightly, a droid was about to strike Venus so she attacked.
"SHINE AQUA ILLUSION"
Venus turned to see that she was about to be attacked but was saved by Mercury. She was about to thank her when she noticed that the force of the attack had cut the droid in half. The thing that rendered her speechless was the fact that the droid reformed…from both halves. The one droid was now two!
"Well, well Venus, it seems like you've discovered our surprise. These droids are indestructible!"
Venus shook with fear as she tried to control her breathing. "Is he right Mercury?"
Mercury focused her visor and paled after a few minutes. "I can't find a weakness. And injuring them would only make more."
"Find out something we 'don't' know Mercury, we can't just sit here!"
Emerald squealed with delight as she watched her droids wreak havoc on the unprepared Senshi. "Rubeus, I thought these children were worthy adversaries, yet they scatter like ants."
"I never said the others we're; I meant Sailor Moon."
"Really, well I'd like to see what she is capable of…"
Emerald sent several droids to attack Sailor Moon and she perched herself by Rubeus to watch the fun. Tuxedo Mask was detained by the droids and it kept him from fighting where he wanted to by Sailor Moon.
Moon found herself cornered by a newly built wall. In the effort to not destroy the droids, she trapped herself.
'Great Moon, now you got to figure a way to fight these things without making more.'
"All this attention for me? Rubeus you shouldn't have."
"Oh no Moon brat…I'm the hostess of this party. You seem to be such trouble for Rubeus; I want to see what you can do! Oh and remember, hurting my babies only make more…good luck!"
Her shrill laughter rang out in the air, thus alerting Tuxedo and the others. He looked and found Moon about 50 yards from him and the others and was in serious trouble. It didn't take a moment for him to abandon the others. The four Senshi were being harassed by about 5 droids, while double that number we're trying to hurt the love of two lifetimes. He jumped, was cradled by the air and began to fly over to her. Emerald saw this and shot a blast of black energy at him and he fell from the air.
"NOOO!"
Sailor Moon was fighting the droids by hand, avoiding all of their attempts to restrain her when she watched him as he fell to the ground; the droids took this opportunity to subdue her.
"TUXEDO MASK!"
Tuxedo Mask stumbled to his feet he saw Moon struggling in the corner and he couldn't contain the rage that flowed through him. After knocking him down, Emerald sent the remaining droids to Moon as well seeing that the other soldiers couldn't play with them. Emerald saw this and she and Rubeus both attacked him. Emerald also chose this time to bring out the other droids that she brought with her from the future. Portals opened behind the inners and they were attacked from all sides.
Jupiter couldn't take this inactivity and choose to attack.
"SUPREME THUNDER"
"Jupiter…no!"
The blast hit the droid and burned it severely. I was charred and unable to reform.
"It takes extreme heat to stop these things, but we don't have the energy to keep this up."
"Well unlike you, I owe it to Serena to survive. She is 'still' our princess and no matter how much we hurt her, that fact will never change!"
Jupiter jumped up from her position on the ground and began to fight her way through the droids. Moon's fight was giving out, and she couldn't grab her scepter and she didn't risk retrieving the crystal this close to the enemy.
'Darien…'
As he was hit with many blasts, deep in his subconscious he heard her voice. Determination fueled his veins as his love was punished for loving him and his planet. He strained his eyes through the mask to see Moon beginning to fall.
The droids stopped their physical attacks and stepped back a few yards. With synchronized precision, they raised their arms and sent blasts at Moon, hitting her from all sides.
'I can't hold on any longer…I love you…'The droids continued to barrage Moon with dark energy blasts as her screams began to lessen, she fell into unconsciousness.
"No…NOOOOOOO!"
Mask screamed as a gold aura surrounded and his scream caused a blast that destroyed every droid in the area of him and the inners. This power also knocked Rubeus and Emerald from their position in the air.
He stood bleeding and bruised…
"Gaia…give me the strength to defend my planet and to protect the one I would die for…"
Mercury and the others ran to his side and noticed he was changing. His blue eyes turned into gold swirling pools. Mercury pulled out her visor and her mouth dropped as she watched the pools form into the symbol of earth.
"I am Endymion, Prince of the Golden Kingdom, heir to the throne of Terra, Protector of the Earth…"His mask blew away and his red-lined cape surrounded him. Power emitted from every pore as he was lifted from the ground a few feet. After a few moments, his cape unraveled and blew in a wind of his own creation. They girls were so astonished that it took them a few moments to notice that his suit had changed.
Mask floated to the ground with gold pulses of light still surrounding him. As his cape blew, red faded to blue with a gold lining. His entire tux had become a navy blue uniform (something like his dress in the past). On his left breast was the crest of terra. It was embroidered with golden thread. Two old world lions held the shield between their paws. The shield was divided into quadrants; the upper left held the sun with the right a rose. On the bottom left were a bird and the lower right the symbol of earth. Below the lions was a grid representing the Golden Kingdom and its surrounding lands. And the lion's tails were bound expressing unity.
His uniform was completely blue; his jacket was seamless and extended several inches below his waist. Hanging from his belt was a gold sash with the symbol of Terra stitched in blue. Beams of gold pulsed around him and formed a sword at his back.
Emerald and Rubeus got up from where they landed when Tuxedo Mask blew them from the sky.
"Rubeus, looks like he got rid of that tacky tuxedo."
"Let's forget his fashion for a moment and concentrated on what he did! Endymion has never displayed this kind of power in the future!"
"Well we need to make sure that 'he' doesn't make it to the future!"
A gleam appeared in both of their eyes and they began to rise in the air to go in for the kill.
"Long… live… the king!"
They both charged up and blasted him. The girls gasped in horror and even the droids attacking Sailor Moon stopped for a moment.
Everyone gasped as the smoke cleared and Darien appeared unhurt.
"You people have come here…you have hurt my planet and you have hurt my love. You won't take her from me; I won't be alone, never again…NEVER AGAIN!"
Darien raised his head, his eyes blazing with his Terran crests and leapt into the air. He pulled out his sword and sliced the first droid in his path to Serena. This was the Sword of Elements, that responded to the sheer will of it's barer. It had a golden blade and on its hilt hung two small medallions that moved in sync with his every move. He continued to slice his way through; the energy that flowed from him burned the droids from contact.
"What do we do now Rubeus? He's heading this way!"
"I thought this was your 'party' Emerald? Droids, stop the attack…she's finished anyway."
The droids backed away from Sailor Moon and the others saw in horror that she wasn't moving. Rubeus vanished from his spot by Emerald and appeared by the motionless Sailor Moon.
"Let's go Emerald, we have what we want…and we can't keep Diamond waiting."
Emerald's eyes narrowed to green slits before she remembered that she had an alternative plan in the works. She smirked and appeared by Rubeus.
"This was a blast, so I will leave you with a going away present!"
She vanished completely with a laugh even scared Darien as he continued to cut this way to Serena. He stopped in his tracks when Rubeus slung Sailor Moon over his shoulder and disappear.
"SERENA, NOOOO!"
With their departure, the girls thought the droids would have left too. That bit of relief was short when Mars was hit with a blast that sent her flying across the site.
"Oh no what do we do now? We don't have the power to destroy these things and they took Sailor Moon!"
"Don't you dare give up on her! She wouldn't think like this if one of us were taken, we owe it to her to get her back safely!"
"Luna's right, come on…we got to help Tuxedo Mask!"
The girls got up and ran after Mask, while the cats went to check on the unconscious Mars.
Masked stopped fighting for a moment and concentrated. The girls noticed that the gravity get thinner and birds seem to fall from the higher altitude and hover about 50 feet above them. The droids screeched and ran to attack them.
Suddenly Mask brought up his sword and swung from the hilt, releasing the two medallions that he caught in mid air. As he caught them, he began to chant, his voice increasing in volume until the wind stilled and all that could be heard was the creaking of distant trees. Before anyone could figure out what he was doing, vines erupted from the earth, binding the droids and rendering them immobile.
"You dare harm she whom is most precious to me. That sentences you to a fate worse that death. I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING DARK MOON- SEE WHAT I WILL DO TO YOU AS WELL!"
Back in space Rubeus dumped Moon on the cold ground, inflicting more damage to her. Curious as to how Endymion and the other soldiers we're fairing with the droids, he turned on the monitors and was quite surprised so see the droids ensnared in some trap. Emerald soon joined him when she felt the viewing portals to Earth open.
"I KNOW YOU ARE WATCHING DARK MOON- SEE WHAT I WILL DO TO YOU AS WELL!"
"Well 'someone' is angry. What can he do to us, throw roses?"
Emeralds laughter filled the small space before Masks' actions caused her to abruptly stop
Mask's golden sword lit in blue flame as he charged at the immobile droids. With a series of swipes the droids where damaged, burned beyond regeneration. That wasn't enough; he stared intently at the droids. His pupils dilated again as his eyes stretched. Suddenly there was an explosion as the remaining droids blew apart into nothingness.
All eyes stared beyond belief, even Rubeus and Emerald. Never had anyone imagined the raw power that Mask displayed. Emerald stood gulping before laughing nervously.
"He won't try anything like that with us, we have what he wants."
As the words left her mouth, a groan was heard from Moon.
"She can't possibly be waking up so soon. Guards, take her to the dungeons!"
Two minions appeared and harshly picked Moon up and took her to the dungeon where she was once again dropped to the floor. Thanks to her mastering her powers, the crystal had stored enough energy to heal her injuries while she was unconscious.
A pair of eyes looked at the unmoving heroine. Practically forgotten, the person slowly crawled out of the darkness to the dimly lit area where Moon was; a gasp was heard as a good look of Moons' face was seen.
"Oh my, what did they do to you...Sailor Moon?"
A moan escaped the heroine as her eyes tried to open. Slowly her eyes opened and began to focus on her surroundings. She sat up, hearing a gasp from beside her; slowly she turned to the source.
"Sailor Moon, you're awake!"
Moon nodded slowly as this person crawled over to her, hugging her and crying. "There, there... I'm ok. Where are we?"
"You are in Rubeus' ship. We are his prisoners and we can never escape!"
"Never, there isn't such word in my vocabulary. Now tell me who are you?"
The person looked up from hugging Moon and sighed. "Who I am isn't important. It's my own fault that I was captured. I broke the rules. Its...all...my...fault."
Moon looked down at the person in the dim light and gasped when they stood. "You're just a little girl! How can they kidnap a child? I won't sit here and let you blame yourself for anything. How can this be your fault, its not like you brought them here."
Dark eyes stared at Moon as she walked back into the light, the child's hair hung loose, dirty and full of tangles. Her dirt streaked face housed dark eyes and a somber expression. She shook her head.
"It is my fault. I broke the laws of time to come here and they followed me. If I never tried to come find help, they wouldn't be here."
"What do you mean by that, laws of time?" Moon gasped as memories flooded her senses.
(Flash)
"Mother, where does that door lead to?"
Queen Serenity looked up to see her daughter standing by her desk. Her lavender eyes stared puzzlingly into her daughters silvery-blue ones and she tried to hide her shock. "What door Serenity?"
"The one behind the mirror that you walk into. Who is that girl with the green hair?"
The queen sighed, it's not like her daughter wouldn't find out about that door eventually. She bent down, scooped her daughter into her lap and hugged her close. "Well that door leads to the corridors of time. From here one can go to the past or even the future if allowed by Sailor Pluto."
"Was that girl Sailor Pluto?"
The queen smiled and nodded as she stroked her daughters head.
"She looks lonely. Why is she there by herself?"
"Well, yes she is alone that's why I go to visit her. She is there to guard the passages of time. She may be young yet she is stronger than she looks."
"Well I'm going to visit her too. She is apart of my court, right mother?"
"Well yes she is..." Queen Serenity sighed. "However you can not visit her."
"Why not?"
"It's forbidden for you to know about her..."
"Well you know about her and she is apart of my court and no one in my court will be alone!"
The princess then jumped off of her mothers lap and ran out of the office before her mother could respond.
(End flash)
"Sailor Pluto... you're from another time... the future, aren't you?" The child stared with wide eyes, unable to speak, she nodded in the affirmative.
"My name is Seren...Reeny... you can call me Reeny. I'm from the 30th Century. The bad people followed me here."
Moon looked at her and held out her hand and sat Reeny in her lap. "You came here alone?" The child nodded. "Wow, you are very brave but why did you come here?"
"For help... I came...for you. I need your help Sailor Moon!"
End chapter
