I had this idea in my head all day, so here it goes. Thanks to all who reviewed!
Disclaimer: Gods above! I don't own Sailor Moon, although I wish I had the brains to create her and the guts to present her to some company.
At the Tsukino residence, Haruka and Michiru were engaged in a game of chess. Hotaru and Chibiusa were currently listening to Justin weave tales of past trysts in the Silver Millennium with powerful people, with Zach interrupting him every few moments to correct a wayward detail. Keith was lounging on the couch, drawing up strategy after strategy of a way to defeat their new enemy; at least, that's what the others thought he was doing. Really, he was drawing up plans to get him and Minako alone.
The house was calm, until Nick came bounding down the stairs in his shittenou form. The shittenou had armor similar to Endymion's, although theirs was the color of their respective other planetary half (They were all half Terran).
"Serenity is in trouble! The stars themselves weep!" he gasped out. There was a momentary pause, before Justin stood. All humor was gone from his face as he spoke.
"We will go to Endy's."
There was no objection.
The senshi had been disgusted at their measly efforts to find Chibiusa. Tuxedo Kamen had left them early, claiming he had things to attend to. They had returned to Rei's temple, disgruntled and weary. They were settled down and drifting into sleep when an icy feeling clawed at their hearts.
"Usagi-chan!" Rei was suddenly on her feet, her eyes wild.
"You felt it?" Minako too, stood.
"Do you know where she is? It was probably those evil shittenou, the bastards." Mako clenched her fist tightly.
Rei abruptly turned and ran to the entrance, with the girls at her feet.
"I sense power like ours, and something close to it. It's heading for Mamorou's apartment!"
The miko pointed to a blur that had rushed past them, and was swiftly followed by several others.
There was a burst of light, and Sailor Venus removed her chain from her belt. "Let us go, then."
Mamorou felt as if his whole world was sunken into despair. Usagi had blocked off the remains of their link as soon as he had left, and now he had no way of contacting her. The phone rang next to him, and he smiled bitterly.
Long ago, he would have rushed eagerly to the phone, knowing that only Usagi could call him at such a time. But those times were gone now, and he refused to hope on a hopeless dream.
"Moshi-moshi."
Damn.
Rei's voice came on, loud and clear. "Mamorou-san, we're on our way, stay calm!"
Mamorou stared wordlessly at the phone. She had hung up on him!
A moment later, his doorbell rang.
He paused a moment, and heard loud voices. Then, a cry he would never forget pierced his ears.
"WORLD SHAKING!"
Mamorou watched as his door was blown to pieces, and lunged behind the couch to avoid the splinters.
"Where are you, you damned man?"
Shaking slightly, he raised his head, and found a pair of brown eyes staring angrily into his own.
"WHERE HAVE YOU TAKEN HER?"
Mamorou tried his best to avoid a whimper, and failed terribly as a masculine-looking senshi held him high in the air.
"W—Who?"
One of the shittenou stepped out from his right, and he recognized the man immediately as Zoicite.
"Steady there, Uranus. He may have harmed Serenity-hime, but until we get proof we are not to harm him."
"Harm her?" He felt anger rising in his veins. "Why would I harm her? Isn't it you who wishes to do the harming?"
A shittenou behind Uranus laughed, and he found it to be Jadeite.
"Harm her? She is my cousin, and a best friend to all of us here. It is you, Endymion, we are concerned with. She told me last she would be with you, and now Nephrite, our High Seer, has informed me she has been ripped from this dimension."
Mamorou felt his world grow cold.
"She's gone?"
Before they could answer him, there was a burst of flame. He found himself surrounded by the inner senshi. Mars grit her teeth as she looked directly at Jadeite.
"He would never harm her. What kind of sick, twisted game are you playing here?"
"What have you done with Mommy?"
Chibiusa suddenly ran out from behind Saturn, and faced Mamorou.
"Mo—mmy?" he gasped.
She nodded, tears forming in her eyes.
"Usagi! Where did you take my Mommy?"
The inner senshi were at a loss. If Wiseman himself had appeared, they would not have been fazed in the least.
Saturn kneeled.
"Chibiusa."
The child turned and flung herself into the senshi's arms. Saturn looked at them all, old friends turned enemies, and sighed.
"He speaks the truth. Neptune, you can see it in your mirror, can you not? Endymion, listen to me. We are senshi; Neptune, Uranus and I, Saturn. We are the Outers, and were graced with the company of our princess."
"These men here were your faithful knights. They were kidnapped, and killed. Clones were made of them, and used to satisfy Beryl's evil whims. The Princess found them, where they were reincarnated away from here. Mars, do you think I lie?"
The fire senshi shook her head slowly in disbelief. "She speaks the truth. The Great Fire told me something close to this, but I never imagined it to be this surprising."
"So where is Serenity?" Kunzite spoke calmly.
There was a pause. No one could say a word.
"Majesty, I think it is time I joined them. They need answers."
"Blessed be, Pluto. May the Goddess watch over you."
"She will be far more involved in this than I am, Majesty. Blessed be."
Usagi awoke abruptly, just as she had the night her parents died.
"You are awake. Good."
She turned and found a man with snow-white hair and soft, purple eyes. On his head he sported an upside down black crescent moon, a parody of her birthright.
"Demando."
The word was uttered with distaste. Demando shook his head.
"I know, you are upset. But you have reason to be." He suddenly punched the wall, and Usagi realized she was in a small room, decorated totally in a soft, creamy white.
"Those damned youma who dared to abuse you are gone. They have been taken care of."
Usagi suddenly groped at her side for her bag with the ginzouishou fragments, and let out a sigh of relief as she found it there. But something was different…
She wore a beautiful white dress that was off the sleeves. It had a gold trim around her waists, but other than that had no other decorations, and pooled out over her feet. She felt at her ears, and found tiny studded pearls instead of her bare ears.
"How?" She was almost afraid to voice the question, almost afraid to hear the answer. Demando took a moment, before surprised smile lit his face.
"My lady, I would never disgrace you in such a fashion! I have a third eye, you see, and merely thought the clothes on. I did not touch you, or look, I swear it."
"Why?"
Demando took longer to answer this question, and for a moment, it seemed like he didn't know it. Then he sighed.
"I have long loved you, or rather, your future self. You drew me in, with your grace, and beauty. I wanted to know that I could see you every day, and that you and I could be together. If not romantically, then as friends."
Usagi was stunned, in the least.
"But…but you sent the Wiseman! And he killed my parents!"
Demando's brow creased and furrowed.
"Is should have listened to Saffir. The Wiseman was an asset of ours, yes, but we did not realize he was evil. He kept his darkness well hidden from us. When I told him of my…" here he stopped to blush, and began again. "My crush on you, he told me he'd find you and request for you to grace me with your presence. He disobeyed my severe orders not to harm you or anyone else around you. Gomen."
Usagi's greatest skill was reading people's emotions through their eyes. Demando's third eye could have blocked her, but instead he seemed to allow her to look. She saw, staring her straight in the face, pure honesty. He was telling the truth.
"My friends…Mamo-chan…" She cursed inwardly. Don't call him that!
Demando stood suddenly.
"I have seen the pain he has cause you, milady. I would remedy it, but you must forget him for me to do that. I cannot return you to him; the Dimension Ripper Saffir created works only one way. They must come and fetch you, and then we will see if they truly care." And he was gone, having wished himself out of the room.
Usagi began to tremble violently. Her friends would not desert her, would they? She clutched at the pouch she now held in her hands, and rocked herself to sleep.
Serenity, daughter of the Goddess. Listen to me! You are in great danger; not from Demando, but yourself. You must resist the darkness in anyway you can. The Wiseman is returning, and bringing with him a new ally. When the time comes, I will help.
In her sleep, Usagi rolled over. "Who are you?"
I am you, and in a sense, every one of your lineage. I am Selene, patron Goddess of your consecrated moon. You must make the ultimate sacrifice, when the time comes. Will you be ready?
"I will."
When she awoke, Usagi remembered nothing of the dream.
In Mamorou's apartment, a tendril of mist crept inside from the balcony. Soon, it built itself up into a large wall of mist. No one moved, awed, as the form of a tall woman holding onto a staff steeped from the shadows.
"You are in need of assistance."
Chibiusa leapt from Saturn's arms, and into the woman's.
"Puu!"
Hehe. I rather liked that chapter. Reviews, minna, make the world go to the right, to the left, take a step back, and go six hops forward!