Chapter 16
Everyone
turned to look as the doors opened. Neo-Queen Serenity entered,
followed by Sailor Moon, who was followed by King Terence. It was
obvious that the other Scouts (the ones from the past) were surprised
at seeing their future daughters. Sailor Moon wasn't surprised to see
Reenie, however she was surprised to see a small figure beside her.
Actually, not beside her, more like, behind her. Neo-Queen Serenity
saw where Sailor Moon's was looking. "Kara," Neo-Queen
Serenity called. "Come here." The figure looked up at
Reenie, as if afraid of the newcomers.
"Come on, Kara,"
Reenie said. Reenie walked towards her mother and Sailor Moon with
the little girl. "Sailor Moon," Reenie said, "This is
my little sister, Princess Kara."
Sailor
Moon's eyes widened in surprise. She knew that she had one daughter,
but two! Princess Kara looked like a younger version of Princess
Serenity. She had the same hairstyle, same colour of hair, and same
big, blue eyes.
"Hi, Princess Kara," Sailor Moon said,
bending down to the little girl's height. She was about eight or
nine. Reenie pried the little girl off her leg and kneed her lightly.
"Hello," Princess Kara said in a voice that was barely
audible.
Neo-Queen Serenity smiled, and shook her head as if trying to hold back a laugh. "It's okay, Kara," Neo-Queen Serenity said. "This is Sailor Moon."
Kara looked up at her mother. "The one in the stories?" she asked.
Her mother smiled, and nodded. "Yes, Kara," Neo-Queen Serenity replied, "The one in the stories."
Kara looked up at Sailor Moon and smiled. She ran towards her and hugged the one she had heard so much about.
Sailor
Moon smiled and picked up the child in her arms. "Hello,
Princess Kara," Sailor Moon said to the child in her arms. It
was scary how much they resembled each other. OSM (older Sailor
Mercury) looked at Neo-Queen Serenity.
"My queen," she
said, "They are coming."
Neo-Queen Serenity looked at her dear friend, then back at everyone else. "Get the shields up," Neo-Queen Serenity commanded. "Everyone else, get ready. This is the big one. We need everything and everyone. Got it?"
Everyone nodded.
"Let's go," she said. Looking at Reenie, she said, "Take care of your sister for me."
Reenie nodded.
Sailor Moon put Kara down and ran out of the room along with the others. Reenie and Kara were left staring at their retreating backs.
In the second floor halls, Neo-Queen Serenity, King Terence, and King Endymion stopped. They looked at each other and smiled. "Like old times," Terence said. Everyone nodded and smiled.
Neo-Queen Serenity took Terence's hand and quickly they transformed into Sailor S and Sailor Sun. Meanwhile, King Endymion transformed into Tuxedo Mask. He smiled. "Definitely like old times," he said, and together the trio ran outside to join the others.
The Older Sailors, Younger Sailors, and Sailor Moon ran outside. The Sailor Scouts from the past stopped short when they saw all the battle ships, and all the attack forces. OSJ turned to them.
"Move!
Move!" she yelled, as she ran to her area. All the Scouts went
to their separate areas.
"Jupiter Lightening
Sheets!"
"Jupiter Lightening Bolts!"
"Jupiter
Thunder Clap Zap!"
The three Scouts joined their attacks
together. They hurled them again and again and again. They cheered
when they saw some of the battle ships being destroyed.
"Mercury
Water Waves!"
"Mercury Whirpool!"
"Shinning
Aqua Illusion!"
The three Mercurys joined their attacks.
They saw two battle ships go down. They tried again and again and
again.
"Mars Spit Fire!"
"Mars Fires
Burn!"
"Mars Celestial Fire Surround!"
The
three joined attacks destroyed a battle ship. The three Sailor Mars
tried again and again.
"Joint Hearts!
"Destroying
Love!"
"Venus Love Chain Encircle!"
The three
Scouts watched in triumph as a battle ship crashed. Again they tried
their attacks.
Sailor Moon and Sailor M (Terence had used his sister's help and transformed into Sailor M) smiled and looked at each other. They held hands and stayed still as a white light engulfed them. The light grew. And grew. And grew. It started to engulf some of the ships. The ships tried to back up, but their path of retreat was blocked by other ships behind them. One by one the ships were destroyed. Sailor Moon and Sailor M let their hands go, tired from the effort. There was only one ship left standing in front of them. The ship took aim and fired a shot. Sailor M cried out to his sister (who was now about ten feet away), "Watch out!"
Sailor
Moon looked up too late to block the attack. The shot of dark energy
flew towards her. She opened her mouth to scream, but no sound came
out. Instead she heard, "Sun Stone Eliminate!" The attack
flew towards the blast of dark energy, and destroyed it. Sailor Moon
and Sailor M looked to where the voices had come. They were surprised
when they saw two older figures dressed as Sailor S and Sailor Sun.
Sailor Moon recognized who they were immediately. It took Sailor M a
bit longer, but he figured it out.
"Queen Serenity! King
Terence!" they called out in unison.
The two figures landed beside their younger selves. "Are you okay, Sailor Moon?" Sailor S asked.
Sailor Moon nodded. "And thank you," she said.
Sailor S nodded and looked towards her brother. "Is he okay?" she called out to him.
Sailor Sun nodded. "He's fine," he called back. "Just shaken up a bit."
Sailor
S sighed. She was about to say something but was interrupted by a
shout.
"Sailor Moon! Sailor S! Get away from there!"
It was Sailor M and Sailor Sun who were calling the warning.
The
two female Scouts looked up. Sailor S cried out in surprise as she
recognized the person standing above her.
"Prince Diamond!"
the queen cried out angrily.
Diamond smiled as he heard the queen. "Hello, Queen Serenity," Diamond said to her. "I see Sailor Moon is with you. Hello, Sailor Moon."
Sailor Moon glared at the prince. "I thought I destroyed you," Sailor Moon glared.
Diamond
laughed and shook his head. "But you didn't. I see yo... Ahhh!"
he cried out in pain, as something struck him twice. Diamond turned
around and spotted two figures.
"Tuxedo Mask! Two!" he
cried out. Older and Younger Tuxedo Mask were standing behind the
prince.
Diamond
aimed a blast of dark energy towards the two. The energy hit them and
they fell to the ground. Several cries rang out.
"Darien!"
"Endymion!"
"Tuxedo Mask!"
"Your
Highness!"
Eight
eyes looked towards Diamond with fierce hatred. Sailor Sun and Sailor
M shot out separate attacks towards Diamond. He blocked them with his
hand, and looked at the two calmly.
"Such primal attacks,"
he commented. With the same hand he used to block the attacks shot at
him, he used to shoot out his own. Dark energy hit Sailor M and
Sailor Sun. They too, fell to the ground. Sailor Moon looked at
Sailor M, then up at Diamond with tears and hatred in her eyes.
Neo-Queen Serenity shot an evil look towards him, then looked back at her brother. "What do you want?" Serenity asked, with a voice full of anger.
Diamond
smiled, his smile coy. "What do I want, Serenity?" Diamond
asked, in that calm, collected voice of his, "That's easy. What
I want is you."
"You can't have her!"
Diamond
turned and was surprised to see two male figures standing in the air
a few feet away from him. "Who are you?" he demanded.
"We
are past, younger, and older guardians of the Prince of the Sun,"
OJ replied. Jordan took out his sword and shot a blast of white
energy towards him. Diamond growled when the energy hit him.
Sailor Moon used this distraction and took out her Scepter. "Diamond!" Sailor Moon said. "It's time to finish this once and for all!" She looked to Sailor S.
Sailor
S nodded and placed her hands on the Scepter. Quickly both of them
began to transform. Sailor S turned into Neo-Queen Serenity and
Sailor Moon into Princess Serena. Older Jordan, Younger Jordan, and
the Jordan from the 20th century also took hold of the Scepter.
Neo-Queen Serenity, and Princess Serena gasped when they felt a
familiar presence touch the Scepter.
"Mother!" both of
them said out loud in awe. The figure of the Queen Serenity of the
Moon began to appear in-between Neo-Queen Serenity and Princess
Serenity.
Diamond had his mouth opened in surprise. He had read all of the history books. Even about the very, very long ago times. He knew who this figure was. "You're dead," was all he said.
The figure nodded, but did not speak a word. Sailor Moon and Neo-Queen Serenity felt power surge through the Scepter. They kept a grip on the Scepter, and they too, let their power go into the Scepter.
By now, it was glowing with energy and light. Queen Serenity looked at her future daughter, her daughter, older Jordan, younger Jordan, and the Jordan from the 20th century. She nodded, and the trio loosened their grip. The energy flew out of the Scepter and towards Diamond.
Diamond raised up his hand and tried to stop it but it was no use. Before, the Scepter had not had so much power and he had just been injured by the force. There was no way he could block this amount of power, but he tried anyway.
The
trio watched as Diamond raised his hand, as the energy hit him, how
he yelled in pain, how he crumpled to the ground, and how he lay,
perfectly still not moving anything. Sailor Moon and Neo-Queen
Serenity sighed. They would no longer be bothered by Diamond. He was
dead. This time, there was no doubt at all.
The group cheered.
The battle ships retreated, after getting the body of Prince Diamond.
Queen Serenity began to fade. Sailor Moon and Neo-Queen Serenity were
the only two to notice her disappearance. They both sighed. Each of
them had had enough visits from their mother to know that when she
wanted to she would disappear and without warning or a good-bye. They
turned to face the three Jordans. Neo-Queen Serenity smiled, and
said, "thanks." Both she and Princess Serena were very
weary because of the use of the Scepter.
The
Jordans nodded and said nothing.
All of a sudden the group heard
a groan. Both, Neo-Queen Serenity and Princess Serena smiled. Both of
the Tuxedo Masks got up from where they had fallen. They quickly
transformed; the future Tuxedo Mask to King Endymion and the Tuxedo
Mask from the 21st century back to Prince Darien. They hugged each
other.
YJ
was the one to break them apart.
"Um, excuse me, your
Highnesses, but should we not contact the others and tell them that
we no longer need to worry abour Prince Diamond or Nemesis?" he
asked. Neo-Queen Serenity nodded. "Indeed we should," she
agreed. But before she could do anything, Princess Serena took out
her communicator and pressed the button marked All Call.
"Guys,
meet us by the balcony area," she said into the communicator.
"We have good news to tell."
About fifteen minutes later, everyone was gathered on the balcony. Princess Serena was the one to tell what happened. "We defeated Nemesis," she said, a huge smile on her face. "We defeated Prince Diamond."
Everyone
cheered when they heard the joyous news. How long it had been! Two
people ran out onto the balcony. Nobody from the 21st century
recognized them. Neo-Queen Serenity did though. She smiled when she
saw them and hugged both of them. So did King Endymion.
Once the
greetings were over with, the man spoke. "My queen," he
said. "Is the battle over with? Do we still need the shields
up?"
Neo-Queen Serenity shook her head. She was so happy. "Samuel," Neo-Queen Serenity said. "You must remember not to call me that. I am your sister after all."
Sailor Moon (who had transformed back into her superhero self) had her mouth wide open. This man was her younger brother! Even though her brother back in the 20th century was older and more responsible than he had been when she had run away, there was no way that he measured up to this guy!
The man nodded in reply to Neo-Queen Serenity's request. "I will call you Serenity then, but please do not call me Samuel," Sammy said, looking at his sister.
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded. "Fine," she agreed. "I will no longer call you Samuel." She then faced the woman. "Mika," she said. "The battle is over with. We no longer need the shields up. We have defeated Nemesis."
A
smile grew on both Mika's and Sammy's face. Finally!
Sailor Moon
was definitely surprised when Neo-Queen Serenity called this woman
Mika. Even though she had not seen Sammy's friend in years, there was
no way that this woman could be her!
The Older Scouts looked to their queen, and long time friend. "Then it is time," was all Older Sailor Jupiter said.
Neo-Queen
Serenity nodded. It was obvious that everyone (except for the Older
Scouts, King Endymion, and Neo-Queen Serenity) was confused. They had
no idea what they were talking about.
Neo-Queen Serenity turned
and looked at the younger Scouts. "You will be guardians of our
daughters," Neo-Queen Serenity said. "I am sending Small
Lady back into the past for her training to become Sailor Moon of the
30th century. I have talked with my brother, we have also decided
that because I have two daughters, Princess Kara shall become Sailor
S. King Terence's son will also go back into the past with YJ. He is
to have training to become the Sailor Scout of the Sun."
Everyone nodded. They understood now. They just hoped that the kids understood as well. They also hoped that nothing would go wrong in leaving the future. Together the group walked inside to tell Reenie and the others about their trip to the past.
Reenie heard a key slide into the doorway and sighed. They were back. Hopefully safe and sound. The door opened, and Reenie smiled when she saw everyone enter the room. Even Uncle Samuel and Aunt Mika were there.
Princess Kara ran to the group and hugged Sammy. "Uncle Sammy!" she cried. She let go of Sammy and hugged Mika. "Hi, Aunt Mika!"
For
about the third time that day, Sailor Moon dropped her jaw open in
surprise. Sammy and Mika! Married!
"Kara, honey,"
Neo-Queen Serenity said, looking at her daughter. Kara let go of her
aunt and looked at her mother. Neo-Queen Serenity looked at both of
her daughters and smiled. "Where's Prince Kenneth?" she
asked, just when a boy of about fifteen came running into the room.
"Queen Serenity," he said. "What is the important
news? Have we beat Nemesis?"
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded.
"Yes, Kenneth," King Terence said. "We have beaten Nemesis. But we have more important matters to discuss." He looked to Neo-Queen Serenity.
She nodded. "A long time ago," she began, "Four very important Scouts disappeared. You know which ones they are. You have heard of them in your father's and my tales of the past. It has become time to revive those Scouts. You are old enough to go back into the past now. You three, Kenneth, Kara, and Reenie shall become those four Scouts. You three shall become Sailor Moon, Sailor S, Sailor Sun, and Sailor M."
Kenneth looked confused. "There are only three of us, though," he said.
Neo-Queen Serenity nodded. "I know," she said, smiling. "You, Kenneth, are Sailor Sun and Sailor M. As was your father."
King Endymion spoke next. "It is time for the festivities to begin," he said. "Tomorrow you shall travel back into the past." Together the huge group walked towards the ballroom, where the festivities had already begun.
The
festivities lasted for hours and hours. No one grew weary of hearing
how the Scouts from the past (21st century) and the Scouts from the
now (older and younger 30th century) had joined together to defeat
Nemesis. There was dancing, drinking, and dining.
It was around
one in the morning when King Endymion called for everyone's
attention. He tapped his wine glass and asked for everyone's silence.
Only when no one was speaking did he say a word. "My friends,"
he said, "I am sorry to say that these festivities must end. Our
two princesses and our prince need their rest. They shall be going
back into the past with the others."
The doors opened and everyone started to file out in an orderly fashion.
Once everyone had left the room Reenie, Kara, and Kenneth were sent to their rooms. As were the Younger Scouts (who were all seventeen). Sailor Moon and the others were shown to their rooms and went to sleep. When they were sure that everyone else was comfortable, the King and Queen of Crystal Tokyo went to their room and slept peacefully.
The
next morning, everyone gathered in the room where the Scouts had
arrived in. Everyone was ready for their journey back home and into
the past. There were tears, hugs good-bye, warnings, well wishings,
and many kisses good-bye.
Once everybody had finished, a time
portal opened. Pluto was waiting for them by the doors of time. They
entered the portal and took their first step on the way back home.
Back into the past.
