Ah, here is the next chapter in this fic. Hope you like it! By the way, still looking for an editor…please…
Disclaimer: If Sailor Moon was mine…well, you wouldn't be reading this, now would you? Nope, you'd be seeing it on TV!
Selene was a good shot; they could see that right away. And yet every single one of her arrows missed Black Lady, whose wicked grin made them seethe. She had yet to fire her own arrows, of which she only had one.
"Getting tired?" Black Lady called.
Selene fired another arrow, which grazed Black Lady's shoulder. She laughed. "Not in the least!"
Black Lady frowned. "I suppose it is time to stop playing, right?" She removed her arrow, and the thing seemed alive. It had darkness so intense, they could feel the evil radiating from it.
Black Lady seemed to be struggling as she fit it to her bow, but she managed to aim well.
Selene recognized it immediately for what it was. "You wouldn't." B1ack Lady let go of the string, and the arrow whizzed to her.
It was a black hole, one filled with darkness, and a world man could not even imagine. Selene hesitated only for a moment before she began to run backwards, to the bubble that had floated nearly 200 yards away.
As she sprinted, pure, white, feathery wings unfolded from behind her and she was lifted into the air. She gained speed, until she was right next to the arrow. Moments before it hit the bubble, she caught it in her outstretched hand.
It immediately attempted to suck her in, snaking up her arm, but she quickly strung it to her bow. A drop of sweat clung to her brow as the bow began to glow brightly, a light repelling the dark. She quickly strung the arrow, and fired it back.
Black Lady let out one long, shrill scream as the arrow seemed to penetrate her arm, then rip it away. No blood spilled. Instead, her lips curved in an evil smile, and a black liquid emerged from her arm. In seconds, it had formed a new one. The arrow spun fro a moment, before imploding in a puff of dark cloud.
Selene let her bow fall, and the glow receded. Her arrows flickered, before burning out. Her carrier fell also, clattering as it hit the ground.
She floated gently down, and kneeled, panting. Black Lady looked at her.
"It seems we weren't as strong as we thought we were, are we now? But it also seems you don't like me attacking your friends…try and stop this, then!"
Before Selene could make a move, a crackling ball of purple and black energy hurtle to the bubble.
Selene watched carefully. She knew she couldn't have time to form a new attack and ascend at the same time. With grim determination, she summoned her staff to her hands and held it up. Her gloves disappeared, and the ball began to whirl, before emitting a bright beam of light. The energy ball stopped, just before her allies.
Pluto let her breath out in a whoosh. "Gods above…she's stopped time…"
Selene made a flicking motion with her staff, and the ball tore to the sky, exploding just above her.
Black Lady seethed. "Damn you!" She cried, and shot a beam of black energy from her hands. Selene immediately dropped her staff and formed a triangle with her hands.
Ice crystals with lightning crackling in between them flew towards the evil being. When Black Lady pressed harder, flames and a spiraling chain of hearts joined in.
The two kept up the powerful display for as long as they could, neither gaining the upper hand, before they both fell to the ground, drained.
"Maybe I've underestimated you. If I leave you alone, will you let me go?" Black Lady simpered. Neptune's mini-mirror flashed on Selene's forehead, and the goddesses' eyes narrowed.
"You lie, witch!"
Black Lady rose to her feet. "Then die." In moments, she had drawn her black sword and advanced. Selene drew her sword, and the two flung themselves at each other.
They were evenly matched, as Black Lady swung for Selene's side, but missed. Selene tried at her head, but Black Lady spun, blocking it just above her head.
As Black Lady parried a blow, Selene skidded backwards. Black lady quickly aimed for her shoulder, and got a hit. To her credit, Selene never cried out. She merely went for the evil entity's neck, and managed to nick it.
But the wound was deep, and Selene fell on the next blow. Black Lady's sword, however, was flung backwards and buried deep into the ground. She walked over and attempted to pull it out, but nothing worked.
Without pausing, she turned around and removed Selene's sword from her hand. The goddess lay, wheezing on her knees, unable to move. Black lady wrenched her up by her hair until she was standing, ignoring the cries from inside the bubble.
"Hullo, Princess. I think it's time for you to die." She stressed the last word, and thrust the sword through Selene's middle with a burst of dark power, sending her into the tree.
And so she stood, impaled through her middle, unable to get away from the oak holding her fast.
"You know what I'll do first?" Black Lady smirked. "I'm going to tie your precious lovers across the room from your senshi, and I'll torture the young ladies. The shittenou will hear their last screams and breaths, and never be able to do anything about it!"
Endymion refused to believe Usagi was dead. Somehow, she would come back. Didn't she always? But every ounce of hope faded when he felt a wind stir in his arms, and found Chibiusa looking up at him with wide eyes.
"Oh, Daddy…" she breathed.
He stared. "D—Daddy? I'm your…father?" She sighed, and flickered in and out of existence.
"It was nice knowing you, Daddy. I'll miss you and Mommy and the senshi and shittenou. Bye…"
"No!" Endymion grasped at the daughter he had barely gotten to know. "You can't…you have to stay!" Chibiusa gave him one sad, simple smile before disappearing completely.
Pluto gazed at the spot where she had been, upset to no ends. "She cannot exist if Usagi cannot exist."
Endymion's wail sounded loud.
Selene muttered unintelligibly, and Black Lady leaned in closer. "What's this? Have I addled your brains so by the wound that you can't speak right?"
Selene continued chanting in the unknown language, and Black Lady laughed.
"I have defeated you, brat! You will live on this Earth no longer. This world is mine! Mine!"
Selene's gaze settled on her. "You've forgotten one thing." She winced at the effort it took to speak.
"What's that?" Black lady sneered.
The staff hit her squarely in the middle of her belly, knocking her to the ground before the ball fell of the top and settled on her back. It seemed to burrow inside the entity's back, and she screamed as the pureness invaded her, canceling out all her senses.
"You don't mess with the friends and family."
Black Lady's screech echoed loudly as her body burst, wracking Nemesis with the pure force of the explosion. When the dust faded, the bubble was gone, and every person inside sprinted to the tree.
Endymion reached Selene first, and found her eyes closed, a small smile on her face. Even Pluto couldn't keep the tears from falling at the horrible revelation.
Their princess was dead.
With an inhuman howl, Endymion wrenched the sword out from the tree, and caught Selene's body. He cradled it in his arms.
"Oh, Usako…how could you leave me?"
A shimmering, half faded light appeared in front of them, and Selene sucked in her cheeks.
"That's it for me. I cannot return her body to you, but you must return home. Goodbye."
In hardly a moment, the only thing left on Nemesis was an eerie, still wind.
The senshi and Mamorou awoke, wishing they never had. They could not bring themselves to face life without Usagi. Selene had sent them all to their own beds, where they remained for a long, long time.