Chapter 15
Terence and Jordan were already in Terence's limo. They were halfway home, when Terence pressed a button. A piece of glass blocked their view of the driver. "Tony can't hear us this way," Terence explained. "Now, first of all, let me thank you for taking care of Serena."
Jordan nodded.
"Second," Terence continued, "I hope you do know that you are now considered a friend, and not just a guardian."
Jordan nodded, but still said nothing. He wasn't sure whether to speak or not speak in front of this billionaire. Suddenly, a noise almost like that of a buzzer started ringing.
Terence sighed. "Not again." He rapped on the black glass. Almost immediately, the car pulled over and stopped. "We'll be right back," he told Tony, the driver. Then, he and Jordan got out of the limo and walked over to a nearby alley. In the alley, Terence quickly transformed into the Sailor Scout of the Sun. Jordan transformed, too. Then together, they ran towards the battle scene.
The Sailor Scouts and Tuxedo Mask were already fighting a monster, by the time that they appeared.
"Sailor Moon!" Sailor Sun cried to his sister.
Sailor Moon turned his way, and ran over to him. She knew exactly what he wanted to do. They had done it before. In the old days. She nodded and took hold of his crystal. Light engulfed her and then a few minutes later, Sailor S was standing there.
Jordan was surprised by this. "How?" he wanted to know, but was interrupted by a scream from the battle and their direction immediately flew towards the battle. Jordan gasped when he saw Mars lying on the ground. Her eyes were closed, and she wasn't moving. Sailor S spotted this and her face turned white.
"No!" she cried. "She can't be!"
Jordan
saw the look on Serena's face and faced the monster. "You're
gonna pay, buddy!" Jordan yelled, pissed off because the monster
had hurt Serena's friend. He took out his sword. It had a green
crystal at the bottom of it. Here goes nothing, Jordan thought. He
jumped towards the monster, and dug his sword into the creature.
It
roared in pain and tried to swat at Jordan. The monster appeared to
shrink as he tried to get the sword out of him. He succeeded, but
only when he was the same height as Darien and everyone else. The
monster looked at everyone. He eyed Jordan with hatred.
"You!" it yelled. It started to talk towards Jordan, but then screamed in pain when a fireball hit it. He looked to where his enemies had struck him. He had a hole in his shoulder that gray blood was coming out of and he was now burnt.
The monster saw Sailor Sun and Sailor S began to form again. He yelled and let out a blast of dark energy. The dark energy flew towards the 2 Scouts.
Jordan cried out, "Nooooooooo!" and ran towards the two. He pushed them to the ground and screamed out in pain as the energy hit him. He crumbled to the ground. Tears were streaming from Sailor S's eyes.
"Noooo!" she cried. "Not Jordan!"
She eyed the monster with more hatred than ever. "I HATE YOU!" she screamed at it. "I HATE YOU!" She began to transform back into Sailor Moon, then Serena, than Princess Serenity. Princess Serenity took out her scepter and looked at the monster, the symbol of the Moon was glowing brightly on her forehead. "You hurt - possibly - killed my friends!" she yelled at the monster. "Mooooooooooon Scepter... Elimination!" A blast shot out from the scepter and hit the monster.
It screamed out in pain as the blast hit it, then turned into dust.
Princess Serenity looked at her brother, who was knelt over Jordan. "Is he okay?" she asked.
Sailor Sun nodded. "He's okay for somebody who just got shot with such a huge blast of dark energy," he replied.
Princess Serenity nodded, and ran over to Sailor Mars. She took her friend's head in her arms. "Mars," she whispered. "Mars, are you okay?" Mars groaned, and sat up.
"Leave me alone," Mars mumbled. "I'm perfectly fine." She stood up and stumbled.
"You are not perfectly fine," Princess Serenity scolded. "You're hurt. It's more then obvious."
Mars shook her head. "I'm fine," she argued. "Now leave me alone!"
Princess Serenity sighed. Oh well, she thought, I'm not in the mood to argue.
Jordan was already sitting up. "Are you and Terence okay?" he asked, wincing.
Princess Serenity nodded. "We are," she told him. Then she looked around, "Is everyone else okay?"
Everyone nodded in reply. She was surprised by a buzzing sound. She pulled out her communicator and was surprised to see the face of Sailor Pluto. "Pluto!" she exclaimed.
"Princess Serenity," Pluto said. "Thank you for staying in Japan. I have more important news than just that, however."
"What?" Serenity asked.
"You are needed here in the future," Pluto said.
"Just me?" Princess Serenity asked.
Pluto shook her head. "Everyone who can come is needed," Pluto said. "We are being attacked by a fierce force. We have never been attacked like this before."
Princess Serenity nodded. "Open the gates of time, Pluto," the princess informed the Guardian of Time and Space.
Pluto nodded and the screen on Serena's communicator turned black.
"We're going to the future," Princess Serenity said to everyone.
Jordan and Terence looked at her, confused.
Serena sighed. She had forgotten that Terence had not been here as long as they had been. "In the future I am the queen of the Earth," Serena explained. "I am married to Darien. I have a daughter. The future contacts us whenever they need help. Now is one of those times. We can spare no one. Everyone is needed to go." Serena quickly transformed back into Sailor Moon.
A portal opened up a few minutes later. Sailor Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter stepped in first, followed by Sailor Mars, Sun, and Jordan. The last to enter were Tuxedo Mask and Sailor Moon. They were surprised when they stepped onto a crystal ground. Sailor Moon looked around and recognized the surrounding area as a room of the Crystal Palace, home of Reenie (Small Lady), Neo-Queen Serenity, King Endymion, and the Scouts (young and old).
"Thank you for coming," a familiar voice said. It was quickly followed by, "Serena!"
Sailor Moon almost fell over, because of Reenie (now fourteen) who had come rushing at her. "Hi, Reenie," Sailor Moon said. She hugged the young princess, then looked up at her future self. Sailor Moon was shocked by how her future self looked.
Neo-Queen Serenity looked at Sailor Moon and smiled. "I appreciate your coming," she said.
Sailor
Moon nodded. What was she supposed to say to the Queen of the Earth?
"Sailor Scouts," King Endymion said in his deep, rich
voice. "We need to get your forces ready for the attack."
"I thought you were already being attacked," Sailor
Moon said.
King Endymion nodded. "We were, but the forces retreated," he said. "We had contacted you, hoping that you would be here before it ended."
Sailor
Moon nodded.
"Sailor Moon, may I have a talk with you?"
Neo-Queen Serenity asked.
Sailor Moon nodded. I wonder what the future queen of the Earth wants to talk to me about? Salior Moon wondered and followed the queen out of the room.
Neo-Queen Serenity led Sailor Moon to a balcony. "I know you are scared to fight in this battle," Neo-Queen Serenity said, breaking the silence.
Sailor Moon stayed silent.
Neo-Queen Serenity sighed. She should have remembered how stubborn her past self was. "Sailor Moon, Serena," Neo-Queen Serenity said, "You don't want to say anything to me. I know. You may forget that I, too, was once you. I know what you are feeling now."
Damn, Sailor Moon thought. I can't say anything to her, and I can't not say anything to her. What the hell am I going to do?
"Neo-Queen Serenity," Sailor Moon began looking out at the garden, "I know what I have to do. The thing is, I don't want to. I don't want to be Sailor Moon. We just fought a battle a few minutes ago. Mars and Jordan were hurt. What if it happens to me? I never worried about these things when I was in America, but now that I'm back being Sailor Moon and all, all of my old worries are coming back to me. In a way, I want to prove that I'm more responsible, more mature, more grown-up. I mean, I'm twenty-one years old! But in another way, I want to run for cover, throw away all my responsibility. I want to be childish and forget about being mature."
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded. She remembered feeling like that so many times when she had been younger. "Sailor Moon," Neo-Queen Serenity began, "That feeling. . . the one where you want to be young again and stop being Sailor Moon? That feeling will never go away. Never. You just have to remind yourself about Reenie and everything else in the future. Remember your mother. Both that, and me, Neo-Queen Serenity."
Sailor Moon smiled. She couldn't believe that she would become so wise and smart.
Neo-Queen Serenity looked towards her past self, and asked, "Ready to go back there?"
Sailor Moon nodded, and together past and present walked towards the group.
Sailor Moon and Neo-Queen Serenity were about to open the doors to the room, when they were interrupted by a, "Neo-Queen Serenity." Sailor Moon jumped at hearing the voice.
Neo-Queen Serenity turned around. "Hello, Terence," she said.
Terence's future self was about 6'11, had a deeper voice, and was definitely cuter than his past self. "The past has come to the future," Terence said, noticing Sailor Moon.
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded. "We shall not be able to defeat Nemesis without their help." Then, looking at Sailor Moon, she said, "Come with me."
Sailor Moon nodded, and followed Neo-Queen Serenity as she opened the doors to the room.
